Why Walk in a Manner "Worthy"?

I have just recently started studying the book of Colossians and I am overwhelmed, in the best way possible, I am overwhelmed at who our God is. As I read through chapter one over and over again the Truths resonate in my heart and humble me more and more. I have been rescued, I have been redeemed, I am HIS...how amazing is that reality. Here is just a bit of the rich Truth I have discovered, be encouraged! Chapter 1 verses 10-14 are some of my favorite thus far:

"And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you[d] to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins."

Here is Paul writing to the church at Colossae and exhorting the believers there to live a life WORTHY of the Lord, pleasing Him in EVERY way. That charge is impossible and yet it is the reality of discipleship, we have been called to as 1 Peter 1:16 says, BE HOLY and therefore regardless of the fact that we will never be perfect in how we live, we should be living a life that seeks to please Him perfectly. With His strength we make strides in this endeavor and bear fruit as Paul continues because we are growing in the knowledge of the one who is strengthening us. Therefore the encouragement is to be in the Word, daily, whenever you can, so that you will be strengthened and that you will endure to the end.

And why? Well, because HE HAS QUALIFIED YOU! That is mind blowing...to think that the Father in heaven, through Christ's work on the cross, has qualified His children to share in Christ's inheritance with all the saints. That should in and of itself motivate the believer to walk that life worthy of the Lord, pleasing him in every way. After all, He has rescued us from the death, from darkness and evil and the forces therein and brought us to life in and through the Son who has given us redemption and forgiven us from EVERY sin when we are in Him. And this wasn't cheap. Here Paul explains that He loved the Son, and He gave Him up for his children whom he would qualify. WOW! Is your mind blown away yet? Are you humbled? Amazed? Standing in awe of the grace and love of the Father in heaven? I sure am. It makes me want to live that life worthy of the One who has called, justified, is sanctifying and will one day glorify me.