Sunday Review (Col. 1:15-23)
Last Sunday, Craig spoke on the greatness of God in Christ – His preeminence, supremacy, lordship. Was there anything that stood out to you in particular? How has it impacted your perspective so far this week?
One thing that keeps coming back to me is the idea that as Creator of everything — visible and invisible — God through Christ can do anything with His creation. Just as a painter can do whatever he/she wants with his/her painting – a stroke of one color here, another there; just as a musician can do whatever he/she wants with his/her song – a melody rise, a chord change; just as a chef can do whatever he/she wants with a specific main ingredient – fry it, grill it, bake it — so God can do whatever He pleases with His creation. It is His to do whatever He wants with it, and who are we to question His actions? As Paul says in Romans 9:20, “The thing molded will not say to the molder, ‘Why did you make me like this,’ will it?”
God is certainly under no obligation to give us good things. He is under no obligation to care for us or love us. And yet we see in this passage that God chose to do something incredible with His creation. He chose to fix it. Yes, this thing that man broke of his own will and bad judgment, God chose to fix. And He is still fixing it one person at a time. That’s what is so amazing to me, that God could have just left us to rust in the junkpile of sin, but instead, He chose to reconcile us to Himself.
Yesterday I took down an old light fixture and replaced it with a new one. The old one just didn’t match the style of our home, and it just looked a little dated. I look at it now and wonder why on earth I bought it in the first place. Where will that old light fixture go? Probably to the dump. I bought it a long time ago, and that’s just my decision to get rid of it. But thank God that He doesn’t treat us that way! Praise God we don’t get old and out of style in His eyes. Praise God He doesn’t look at us and regret saving us. Praise God we don’t eventually end up on a trash heap.
If you’ve ever doubted God’s great love for you, remember that of all the things He could have done with a damaged and broken and rebellious creation, He chose to redeem it. He chose to redeem you, and He never gets tired of looking upon your life with great care and concern for every matter in your life. He has no regrets because He made you, and He bought you for a very high price. You are and always will be precious in His sight. The Supreme Being of the universe has an undivided interest in your life. Why not take some time right now and thank God for the wonderful privilege of being loved by Him and reconciled to Him for all of eternity.
