The Firstborn of All Creation

God's Creative Word
The Word Was in the Beginning
Wisdom's Part in Creation

Colossians 1:15-19

The Message

Christ Holds It All Together

 ^15-18We look at this Son and see the God who cannot be seen. We look at this Son and see God's original purpose in everything created. For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, rank after rank after rank of angels—everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him. He was there before any of it came into existence and holds it all together right up to this moment. And when it comes to the church, he organizes and holds it together, like a head does a body. ^18-20He was supreme in the beginning and—leading the resurrection parade—he is supreme in the end. From beginning to end he's there, towering far above everything, everyone. So spacious is he, so roomy, that everything of God finds its proper place in him without crowding. Not only that, but all the broken and dislocated pieces of the universe—people and things, animals and atoms—get properly fixed and fit together in vibrant harmonies, all because of his death, his blood that poured down from the cross.

For Reflection 

Look at the Son and see God.  What is it about Christ that impresses you the most?  In what ways have you allowed that characteristic to form your response to God?

Pray

that you will become more Christ-like each day.  Pray that you will respond in Christ-like ways to your daily challenges.