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.
If you remember from Monday's post, God is the creator and everything and everyone is created for him. Now this is taking us a little bit deeper. In verse 17 we are able to understand that God is also what holds us together. He is also out sustainer.
Sustain means to support, hold, or bear the weight of; to keep going, as an action or process
God sustains us! Everyday is another process, each day has its own weight. We have a God who loves us enough that he helps us through it all!
Reading further on into this scripture we see in verse 18 that he is the firstborn from among the dead. This is referring to Christ's resurrection. That is why in Romans 10:9 it says believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead. The resurrection is everything, if it weren't for that then nothing would have changed. But it did! Christ went to Hell, bearing all of our sin and punishment. Then after 3 days was resurrected and brought back to life, to the kingdom of God.
Because of this the scripture goes on, so that he might have supremacy. Supremacy is the state of being supreme [highest in rank or authority; sovereign; last or final; ultimate.] For this reason we should not worry or fear, we serve a God who is supreme! No one can defeat him. If we can really grasp and understand that God already has the battle won, then we would trust him without doubt in any situation. Our faith would just explode!
Therefore, today the challenge we have before us is to trust in God with everything that we have, believing that he is supreme! (Don't forget to live today on purpose!)
~Awaken Us~
Brenna Stanford
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