“He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.”
Colossians 1:17
Just a big bang theory? No, because in Jesus there is cohesion.
Jesus is the cohesion of life. “The heavenly machinery moves with … mathematical precision. We can foretell years in advance the occasion of an eclipse or the visit of a comet. The tides rise and fall, the seasons come and go, moons wax and wane—all under submission to Christ” (John Phillips, 1983). “In Christ we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28). He is the center of gravity which holds the world and our lives together.
While in a Nazi death camp, Corrie and Betsie ten Boom would gather their fellow prisoners together and read Romans 8: “In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.” Corrie said, “‘More than conquerors’ was not a wish. It was a fact …. We experienced it minute by minute in an ever-widening circle of help and hope. Life … took place on two separate levels. One, the observable, external life, grew every day more horrible. The other, the life we lived with God, grew daily better, truth upon truth, glory upon glory” (1971).
Jesus is the cohesion of life. “The heavenly machinery moves with … mathematical precision. We can foretell years in advance the occasion of an eclipse or the visit of a comet. The tides rise and fall, the seasons come and go, moons wax and wane—all under submission to Christ” (John Phillips, 1983). “In Christ we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28). He is the center of gravity which holds the world and our lives together.
While in a Nazi death camp, Corrie and Betsie ten Boom would gather their fellow prisoners together and read Romans 8: “In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.” Corrie said, “‘More than conquerors’ was not a wish. It was a fact …. We experienced it minute by minute in an ever-widening circle of help and hope. Life … took place on two separate levels. One, the observable, external life, grew every day more horrible. The other, the life we lived with God, grew daily better, truth upon truth, glory upon glory” (1971).
Scripture Focus
Romans 8:31-39
Insight
When life seems horrible, when you’re ready to buckle under the stress and strain, remember it’s Jesus Christ who holds it all together.
Bible In A Year
- 1 Kings 21-22
- Proverbs 10
- Hebrews 13