Colossians 1:17 "And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist."

Thoughts on today's verse:

This is such a short verse, and yet is packed with incredible theology and doctrine. When we ponder the statement that Christ is before all things, we recognize that He was different. As Christ, He has no beginning and no end, thus he could say to the Pharisees in John 8:58 that "before Abraham was I AM." We call this the eternality of Christ. Sure, he came into the world as a man, and was born a baby, but this does not mean that prior to the Christmas event Christ did not exist - no, He has existed forever!

Secondly, we notice something that should cause us to ponder greatly the fact of our living and breathing right now - that "in Him all things consist." This simple statment has enormous implications. Namely that the only thing that keeps this planet in its orbit around the sun is Christ; that the only reason we don't go flying off the planet is because of Christ; that the only reason the molecules that make up everything on earth stay in the formation that they are and not sponateously combust is Christ! The only reason that you and I can breathe at this moment is because Christ is holding us together! This is an incredible thought: the one who has existed from eternity past is the one who sustains our life one moment at a time! Praise God!