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Held Together Colossians 1:17 · Life For Toledo

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  I'm thinking today of Colossians 1 .17, and it
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  says, He is before all things, and in Him all
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  things hold together, and the He there is Jesus
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  Christ. A lot of times we think that the world
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  was made for us, for you, for me, for generations
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  before us, and generations after us, and all
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  the people of the world, and that just isn't
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  so. It was really made for Jesus. It was made
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  for Him, by Him, through Him, and nothing was
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  made except that which was made through Him.
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  And so here we have that he is the image of the
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  invisible God and that he is before all things.
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  So whatever decision you're making today, whatever
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  struggle you're having, ask yourself, how does
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  this reflect on Jesus? What would Jesus want
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  me to do in this circumstance? How do I put Jesus
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  first as I navigate the troubles of today? And
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  it says, and in him, all things hold together.
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  That is to say, everything that's in the world.
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  So your car is only still running because Jesus
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  says so. Your heart is Jesus, says so. There
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  is time for people to yet be saved, time for
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  people to yet come to Christ. But the time probably
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  is short, and we ought to work accordingly. Jesus
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  is the one. He is before all things, and in him
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  all things hold together. Let's not forget that
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  as we navigate our days. That means when there
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  is a problem, and you feel like you're going
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  to crumble, you are held together by Jesus. Trust
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  in the Lord. Call upon the Lord. Name the Lord.
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  He is Jesus.