For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in Heaven, by making peace through His blood, shed on the cross. Colossians 1:19-20
Paul defines Christ as The Image of the Invisible God, First Born of all Creation, Creator of All Things, Infinite, Designer of the Universe, Head of the Church, Peace Maker, and The Fullness of God. To be made full means to be brought to perfection. Jesus is the Perfect representation of a Perfect God.
We live in a broken world. Governments don’t serve people, families hurt one another, communities are twisted into personal agendas, and the world’s message is “Me first” rather than “Love thy neighbor.” Except! Christ, the fullness of God’s Glory, came to restore the perfect relationship between man and God. While earth’s principalities, from corporate to patriarchal to governmental, are wreaking havoc for a populous that has no voice, God is at work weaving personal peace for each one of us, and robbing death of its victim.
Every age has had its devastation and hopelessness. The people of Colossae’s church struggled with the same crisis you and I see each day. They felt threatened and anguished, but Paul delivered the news he knew first hand, God is in the business of salvation, not destruction.
Have a Victorious Tuesday!
Gretchen