We look at this Son and see the God who cannot be seen. We look at this Son and see God’s original purpose in everything created. For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, rank after rank after rank of angels—everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him. He was there before any of it came into existence and holds it all together right up to this moment. And when it comes to the church, He organizes and holds it together, like a head does a body. [Colossians 1:15-18 The Message, emphasis added]
How much time do you spend thinking about how to hold it all together? How much effort? Think about your most troubling situation. On a scale of 1-10, how would you measure your ability to trust that Jesus really is all sufficient to handle your struggle?
Paul made six compelling claims about Jesus in his letter to the Colossians that confront our deepest anxieties about how to tuck in all of life’s loose ends, all those places that feel exposed and vulnerable, all those parts of us that don’t seem to line up with who Scripture says we are in Christ.
1. All things were created by Jesus and for Jesus, and He is the glue that holds creation together (Colossians 1:16,17).
2. Jesus was as human as any man, and as divine as God his Father, the fulness of God in bodily form (Colossians 1:19,20).
3. Every one of us can be made complete in Christ, if we are willing (Colossians 1:27-29).
4. All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Jesus, the Christ (Colossians 2:3).
5. All of creation is under the authority of Jesus (Colossians 1:15, 18; 2:10; 3:1).
6. Every single sin is forgiven as we live lives of faith in Jesus (Colossians 1:14, 20-23; 2:12-13; Romans 6; Ephesians 1:13-14)
Feeling unglued? Stop chasing those wild thought loops for a moment and look at Jesus. What do you see? Do you see a king already seated on the throne but still active in subduing his enemies (Hebrews 2:8)? Do you see a priest who paid for all of your sins with His precious blood, once and for all, yet is still freely offering His great salvation and willing to keep you in it (Hebrews 2:3)? Do you see a prophet who has shown you all you need to know, believe, and do, through whom the Holy Spirit still speaks when the Bible is read (Hebrews 3:7; 4:12)? Darlin’ you are looking at Jesus as “super-glue”! He has enough of what you need to cement you back together.
So, how should we, the unglued, respond to all this powerful sufficiency? We can begin by thanking God for being willing to put on our skin and showing us that He can not only begin any creative process, but finish it. He doesn’t leave us in pieces! We can ask God to show us His mind-blowing goodness and love, His hesed, so that we can learn to trust His agenda instead of ours. We can ask Him to clear away our misconceptions and expectations, so that we can give him all of ourselves, no parts exempt to His loving touch. We can ask Him to show us where He is rescuing us right now, and then watch for Him, listen to Him and express our gratitude to Him.
Prayer
Dear Abba,
Help me trust that Your plans for me are good. Help me lean into the fact that You are truly strong enough, loving enough, and competent enough to glue my life back together and make me into a new “human 2.0”. Please touch the tender places in my heart and let me lean on You. I am so thankful that Your authority is over every part of my life. Amen.
Grow Anyway 
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