May 27 - Colossians 1:17-18
“He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.”
I can hardly stand it sometimes. I begin reading Paul’s words about Jesus, whom he so obviously adores, and everything in me just begins to smile. Read that first sentence. “He is before all things and in him all things hold together.”
We’ve already seen that Jesus was the firstborn of creation, but He is before all things. That means that even before the chaos that preceded creation … Jesus was. You know, I think that we try to understand the fact that God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are One entity, but in our limited minds, we lose contact with the immenseness of the idea. It’s hard for us to imagine anything happening before creation. But, Jesus Christ is.
“In Him all things hold together.” Last night as I was driving, I saw the moon in the sky and began to think about the rotation of the earth and how it works so perfectly. I considered the fact that the Mars Rover has died on Mars and while that planet can’t sustain life, if it were gone from our system, then neither would the earth. The Law of Gravity and that we circle the sun at a specific rate of speed and a specific distance, with all of the balances that have to occur to bring life to earth are thoughts that become overwhelming … if we try to figure out how it works without knowing that God … that Jesus holds all things together.
As tender as His love is for each of us individually – so much so that he knows every hair on our heads (even the ones that left some of you at early ages), He also loves us so much that He holds the planets in place, He commands the universe. From the smallest of lives to the infinity of space … Jesus reigns.
Paul isn’t quite finished telling us about the power that Jesus wields. He is the head of the body – the church. I wonder if Paul knew how that might make some chuckle in this day and age. I wonder if Paul had any idea that the church would deteriorate to the point where we tried to be in charge rather than allow Jesus sovereign rule. This is a strong reminder to us.
Jesus died on the cross so that He had power over death. Our fears can be removed as we realize that Jesus died and was raised. He is firstborn from the dead.
In all of these things – Jesus reigns supreme.
“He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.”
I can hardly stand it sometimes. I begin reading Paul’s words about Jesus, whom he so obviously adores, and everything in me just begins to smile. Read that first sentence. “He is before all things and in him all things hold together.”
We’ve already seen that Jesus was the firstborn of creation, but He is before all things. That means that even before the chaos that preceded creation … Jesus was. You know, I think that we try to understand the fact that God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit are One entity, but in our limited minds, we lose contact with the immenseness of the idea. It’s hard for us to imagine anything happening before creation. But, Jesus Christ is.
“In Him all things hold together.” Last night as I was driving, I saw the moon in the sky and began to think about the rotation of the earth and how it works so perfectly. I considered the fact that the Mars Rover has died on Mars and while that planet can’t sustain life, if it were gone from our system, then neither would the earth. The Law of Gravity and that we circle the sun at a specific rate of speed and a specific distance, with all of the balances that have to occur to bring life to earth are thoughts that become overwhelming … if we try to figure out how it works without knowing that God … that Jesus holds all things together.
As tender as His love is for each of us individually – so much so that he knows every hair on our heads (even the ones that left some of you at early ages), He also loves us so much that He holds the planets in place, He commands the universe. From the smallest of lives to the infinity of space … Jesus reigns.
Paul isn’t quite finished telling us about the power that Jesus wields. He is the head of the body – the church. I wonder if Paul knew how that might make some chuckle in this day and age. I wonder if Paul had any idea that the church would deteriorate to the point where we tried to be in charge rather than allow Jesus sovereign rule. This is a strong reminder to us.
Jesus died on the cross so that He had power over death. Our fears can be removed as we realize that Jesus died and was raised. He is firstborn from the dead.
In all of these things – Jesus reigns supreme.
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