Have you thanked Him?
Have you praised Him?
Have you made it your priority to agree and cooperate with Him today?
Have you taken that deep breath and listened for what He has for you today?
1 Timothy 2:1 (The Message)
1-3The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.
Colossians 1:16-17
For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers 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.
Yesterday at AHOP in Xenia, Pastor Josh was pinch-hitting for Pastor Mark and was sharing from this passage in Colossians. His context and message was “WHO IS JESUS?” His text included Colossians 1:15-23 from the ESV. Give it the once over. It will THOROUGHLY answer the question he posed.
Yet it was when Josh covered verse 17, reminding us that CHRIST is the “glue” that holds us together, that I took down a little note. I was reminded of a little talk shared by LOUIS GIGLIO regarding laminin.
For those of you who have never heard this talk or have a clue to what I am talking about, laminin is a cell adhesion molecule shaped like a cross. It holds our cells together. Check out the link to Louis he explains it a little more.
It will mess you up. I put a little diagram of laminin below.
You see “the glue” inside of us that “holds us together” is shaped like a cross.
And according to COLOSSIANS it was the one who hung on the CROSS that SPIRITUALLY holds us together!
We are fearfully and wonderfully made aren’t we?
No happenstance here!
Psalm 139:14
…we are fearfully and wonderfully made.
OUR GOD is truly amazing. He desires to HOLD US together on every level; physically and most importantly spiritually and he does it all with a CROSS.
Psalm 121:7 (MSG)
…He (GOD) guards your very life…He guards you now, He guards you always.
Life is chaotic at its best.
So many things, relationships, finances, family, bitterness, rivalries, conflicts and confusion all seek to tear us apart. BUT GOD in His infinite wisdom and love KNOWS this and HE has provided exactly what we need to “HOLD EVERYTHING” together.
JESUS
Will you trust HIM today to “keep you together” on every level?
I love you all.
Freedom Church
Pastor GDelaney
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