In the first two chapters of the book of Colossians we receive a stunning view of the glory and majesty of our Lord Jesus Christ. We get an inspired glimpse of who He is, and who He was from all eternity. Listen to these splendid words: “For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.” (Colossians 1:16-17, NASB). Nothing has been made, whether visible or invisible, that wasn’t made by and for Jesus Christ. There is no throne or dominion, whether human or in the spiritual realm, that Jesus Christ is not far above. Even as you read these words, Jesus Christ is holding together the entire universe by the word of His power. Should He stop holding it all together, everything we know, everything we can see and can’t see—from the smallest atom to the most distant galaxy—would cease to exist.
And if anything could be more stunning than the amazing majesty and power of our Lord, it is this: that the creator and sustainer of all things would empty Himself, take on a human body, and give up His life for us. Jesus, the Eternal One, the All-Powerful One, gave everything so that sinful, undeserving people like you and me can share in His life. “And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds, yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach (Colossians 1:21-22, NASB) Even though we were hostile to God, even though we were living in evil, Christ came to save us. He came so that we could be holy and without blame in His sight. The One in whom all the fullness of Deity dwells came so that we would be filled up to His fullness (Colossians 2:9-10, Ephesians 3:19).
Each Lord’s Day, we gather to fall down and worship the One who created all things, who is above all things, and yet who humbled Himself to the point of death on a cross so that we might truly live through Him. May our souls magnify the Lord and rejoice in God, our Savior.
— Scott Colvin
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