Preeminence: the fact of surpassing all others; superiority.
If I were to write a thesis to this post this would be it. The point I want to make is that Christ has preeminence over all and that we don't give Christ enough credit for his superiority. We have a tendency to give false powers to other things in our lives.
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities-all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. (Colossians 1:15-20)
Check out some of the wording in these couple of verses. "By him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible." Let's start with that. Everything was created by God. Everything that you can see and everything that you cannot see. I bet you never though about God creating things that were invisible. I know that I never have. "Whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities all things were created through him and for him." Kings, rulers, dictators, presidents, etc, were all crated by God. God created them through him and for him. "And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together." Christ is before all things. Christ holds all things together. Christ just doesn't hold my life together, or my friends lives together, Christ holds all things together. I really love that. It's sometimes easy to look at someone else's life and seem like their life is held together and mine isn't. Well that scripture shows that Christ holds all things together so you better not think that your life is not held together because it is.
I hope that by taking a look at this you see the overwhelming and surpassing power that Christ has over all. It's something we take for granted. How often do we thank God for ruling over all and holding all things together? I think we just forget about it. I know I do. It's way easier to thank God for other things in this life besides his power. If I were to ask you before you read this post what you were thankful for today, one of your answers probably wouldn't have been God's power and authority over all.
I think sometimes we think that Christ needs something from us. We can easily get caught up in thinking that Christ needs us to do good things because He needs that. He doesn't need that. Why would the King of Kings need something from us when he created all things, is above all things and holds everything together? The King of Kings doesn't need a thing because he has victory. Christ defeated Satan and rules over all! We need to worship Christ because of his preeminence.
Are you giving false powers to things of the earth? Do you reply on money, possessions, or material things control how you feel and how you function. It's so easy to do. There are a lot of cool things on this earth that can bring about a lot of happiness! I mean that too. But are we putting those things above Christ and his power? Are we relying on those things to give us a sense of fulfillment and satisfaction before we allow Christ to do that? We tend to do that because things of this earth can you make you feel satisfied quicker and righter away. There are good things to do that and bad things and I pray it's the good things. Good! I am glad there are things that can do that but things of this earth will not cause eternally true fulfillment. Only Christ can do that.
I challenge you to worship God and to praise him because of his superiority over all. What happened in the bible when people saw Christ or angels come down? Those who were witnesses fell on their knees and worshipped. I challenge you to fall on your hands and knees and worship God before you see him face to face. Don't let that be your first time!
I am going to leave it at that. God is awesome and over all. Never forget that. Remember it daily!
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