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WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 10


JESUS OVER EVERYTHING

READ:
Colossians 1:17
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He is before
all things
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My friend's son decided to wear a sports jersey over his school clothing one day. He wanted to hsow support for his favorite team that would be playing an important game later that night. Before leaving home, he put something on over his sprots jersey__it was a chain with pendant that read, "Jesus." His simple action illustrated a deeper truth: Jesus deserves first place over everything in our lives.

Jesus is above and over all. "He is before all things, and in him all things hold together" (COL. 1:17). Jesus is supreme over all creation (vv.15-16). He is "the head of the body, the church" (v.18). Because of this, He should have first place in all things.

When we give Jesus the highest place of honor in each area of our lives, this truth becomes visible to those around us. At work, are we laboring first for God or only to please our employer? (3:23). How do God's standards show up in the way we treat others? (vv. 12-14). Do we put Him first as we live our lives and pursue our favorite pastimes?

When Jesus is our greatest influence in all of life, He will have His rightful place in our hearts.
__Jennifer Benson Schuldt

**Dear Jesus, You deserve the best of my time, energy, and affection.
I crown You King of my heart and Lord over everything I do.
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Put Jesus first.

********************************Today's Bible Reading __ Colossians 1:15-20********************
15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn
over all creation. 16 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.

17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

18 And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the
beginning and the firstborn from among the dead so that
in everything he might have the supremacy. 19 For God was
pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20 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.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
In today's passage__packed with significant
theological morsels__the word ALL stands out. In these six short
verses Paul uses it seven times, and he uses a sillier word in
verse 18__everything. Paul underscoresJesus's supremacy. He is
the Source (v.16) and Sustainer (v.17) of everything. J.R. Hudberg