Words of Encouragement

 

August - 12 - 2007

 

If we had been alive when Jesus worked in the carpentry shop in Nazareth or walked along the Sea of Galilee near Capernaum, we could have said, "There goes God," and been right. The amazing reality of Jesus is that he was God among us. Matthew calls him Immanuel, "God with us." In Colossians 1, Paul pours out every superlative he can use to describe Jesus' preeminence over everything and everyone. He is God with a human face. He is the ruler who reigns above all creation. He is also our Savior and our sacrifice.

The Scripture reading for today is Colossians 1:15-18.

15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
16 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.
17 He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
18 He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.

Let us pray.

Almighty God, why you should love us so much, we can't comprehend. We have rejected you, spurned you, and ignored you. Yet time and again, you are there to hear our cries and save us from ourselves. Forgive us, Father, for not reverencing you more. Forgive us for not recognizing the greatness of Jesus and the utter humility it took for Him to sacrifice Himself for us. But Father, thank you! Thank you for being patient, sacrificial, and long-suffering.

In Jesus' name.

Amen.

 

 

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