He Restores My Soul: Devotions for Renewal and Peace

TUESDAY, 17 JUNE 2025

 

TEXT: COLOSSIANS 1:15-23

 

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.

 

21: Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior.

 

22: But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation—

 

23: if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

 

(New International Version Holy Bible)

 

TOPIC: CHRIST IS ALL-IN-ALL

 

The place of Jesus Christ in creation is like that of oxygen in the human body. Without oxygen, even for a brief moment, a person is as good as dead.

 

God, the source of all creation, took human form as Jesus to reach out to sinful man.

 

Let's read Colossians 1:15-19 again and note these titles Paul used to describe Jesus: 'image of the invisible God, "firstborn over all creation, ''creator of all things,' 'in heaven and on earth,' 'visible and invisible.'

 

His preeminent position enables Him to reconcile people to Himself through His blood, provided they continue in the faith they received.

 

QUESTION: Do you know and acknowledge Christ as the all-in-all of your life?

 

PRAYER: Give me the power and grace to know and recognize You, Jesus Christ, as the all-in-all on earth and in eternity, in Jesus' name. Amen. 

Remain Blessed     

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