Colossians 1:3-8

We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth, just as you learned it from Epaphras our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ on your behalf and has made known to us your love in the Spirit.

-Colossians 1:3-8

Midway through this passage, Paul starts talking about the gospel.  He gets to talking about the gospel through a few connected steps.  First he's talking about the faith and love of the believers at Colossae, which has produced in them because of their hope in heaven.  They heard about the hope in heaven through their hearing of the gospel.

Now that he's talking about the gospel, he takes a moment to say that the gospel has been spreading through the whole world.  We also learn here that the believers at Colossae first heard the gospel from Epaphras.  Epaphras is the one who has told Paul about the believers at Colossae.

So I guess at first glance, there isn't too much here.  Sure, he's talking about the gospel and about Epaphras, but it doesn't seem substantial to me.  Perhaps it should remind me about the gospel and it should excite me.  To hear about how it's moving around the world and how people like Paul get excited should be cool and it should get me excited.  Perhaps I don't see it that much.  Perhaps I'm just not working hard or putting at the forefront of my life.  But it should be...