Verse of the Day 5/5

 

Colossians 1:19-20   For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, ²⁰ and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.  English Standard Version (ESV)

 

The other day I referenced Romans 8:28 in regards to "all things working together for good", it is for God's people who have been chosen according to His purpose.   There are several things that can be taken from that verse and one that I'd like to consider today is the "all things", it was what caught my attention in today's verses.

 

In all the "things" of this world, God works "to" and "for" us.  Ann Voskamp writes, "God is always good, and we are always loved... even when what He gives may appear ugly."  Some of the things that we face in life can easily be looked upon as being "ugly", but God can find away to turn them into something beautiful in His time, in His timing.  As The Message (below) points out in these verses, He can take the broken and dislocated people and things, and fit them together into something colorful and vibrant.  His providence is something that reconciles, brings it all together for His glory.

 

We considered on Friday how God's providence involves His foresight and his provision.  You might say, He foresees, sees to it and see us through it, in all things, in regards to all of the circumstances in our lives.  In the end, it will lead to something beautiful, as the hymn says "not for the years of time alone, but for eternity."

 

Jesus, my Lord will love me forever,
From Him no pow'r of evil can sever,
He gave His life to ransom my soul;
Now I belong to Him; 

Chorus
Now I belong to Jesus,
Jesus belongs to me,
Not for the years of time alone,
But for eternity.

 

In Christ,
Mike

 

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Eph 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace  NIV

Colossians 1:19-20

The Message (MSG)

^18-20 He was supreme in the beginning and—leading the resurrection parade—he is supreme in the end. From beginning to end he's there, towering far above everything, everyone. So spacious is he, so roomy, that everything of God finds its proper place in him without crowding. Not only that, but all the broken and dislocated pieces of the universe—people and things, animals and atoms—get properly fixed and fit together in vibrant harmonies, all because of his death, his blood that poured down from the cross.