Charles Spurgeon Commentary Colossians 2:1

"For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;" — Colossians 2:1 (ASV)

Paul had not met these Colossian Christians, but he had heard of their faith, and hope, and love, and he so desired their good that he had a continual care for them in his heart. He carried that care to God in prayer, yet he still bore them in loving remembrance. They were always on his heart as a sick child is ever on the heart of its mother.

If you then are risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sits on the right hand of God.

Oh! How often we need to be called to this, for the flesh is groveling, and it holds down the spirit; and very often we are seeking the things below as if we had not yet attained to the new life and did not know anything about the resurrection power of Christ within the soul. Now, if you, believers, have risen with Christ, do not live as if you had never done so, but seek those things which are above, where Christ sits on the right hand of God.