Good Morning Everyone,
Our theme for this month: “Trusting God”
Our Bible verse for today: “He is before all things, and by Him all things hold together.” Colossians 1:17
Our thought for today: “Trust God to hold it all together”
Do you ever feel as if your life is coming apart at the seams? Yeah, me too. Some days it just seems as if everything that can go wrong does go wrong and if one more thing goes wrong, my whole life is going to unravel and somebody is going to have to raise bail money for me. Well fortunately, Jesus is in control even when it seems that I am out of control.
In Colossians 1:15-20 Paul takes us into some pretty deep theological waters. In that passage he gives us a peak behind the veil that separates the physical and spiritual realms and he tells us some things about Jesus that are truly mind boggling. First we learn that the Jesus we see on the pages of the Gospels is an image of the invisible God who we cannot see (vs 15). Then we are told that everything that exists was actually created by Jesus (vs 16); He existed before anything was created (vs 17); the entire fullness of God dwells within Jesus (vs 19); and that through Him all things can be reconciled to God (vs 20).
But look at verse 17 again, “and by Him all things hold together.” Not only did Jesus create it all, but He holds it all together too.
How does that apply to our chaotic lives and to our theme of trusting God? Just that if Jesus is able to hold the stars and the planets in their places; and if He is able to hold together all the atoms and all particles in all the substances that make up this world; and if He holds together the very heavens themselves; surely He can hold together the pieces and parts of my life and of yours too.
The things that seem so vexing and confounding to me are small potatoes to Him. In fact while I’m flailing around frantically trying to hold it all together, Jesus already has it under control for me (if He didn’t it would have all flown apart long ago). All of life is lived under His sovereign control. As Paul explained in the book of Acts, “For in Him we live and move and exist …” Acts 17:28 (HCSB)
Jesus governs and sustains all creation, including our lives. He holds it all together, He guides and directs, and He brings all things to their appointed end. Therefore we can put our trust in Him.
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 