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He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. Colossians 1:17

Today's Scripture. Colossians 1:15-23

Today's Insights In Colossians, Paul refutes false teaching about who Jesus is and affirms His identity, deity, and authority. He’s God (1:15), the creator who sustains all creation (vv. 16-17). He’s the head of His new creation, the church (v. 18). And He’s the Savior who redeemed and reconciled us to God by shedding His blood on the cross (vv. 19-23). The apostle praises the supremacy and sufficiency of Jesus as Savior: “In Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body. So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority” (2:9-10 nlt). Paul says, “Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him” (v. 7 nlt). Our salvation is certain in Jesus, and we can trust Him no matter what we face.

Today's Devotion Trees in cold climates prepare for winter through a process called “hardening.” Water drains from cells so they won’t freeze, expand, and burst the tree. The water that remains between the cells is too pure for ice crystals to attach. Its temperature may now drop to forty degrees below zero without cracking the tree. Trees harden at the same time each year because they take their cues from the fixed calendar of shortening days. They don't stake their lives on the weather, which may be unseasonably mild. They trust the sun, their one sure thing.

The Son who made the sun is surer yet. He is “the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created,” and “in him all things hold together” (Colossians 1:15-17). Who tells trees when to harden each year? The same Son who makes the sun rise each morning and puts it to bed each night, pulls tides with the moon, whirls electrons in every cell, pumps your heart and inflates your lungs, and holds you when your heart is broken.

What holds the world together isn’t a force within nature but a person outside it. A person who entered the world He’d made so he could “reconcile to himself all things,” including you (v. 20). In this unpredictable world, you’ve got one sure thing. Jesus will “present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation” (v. 22).

Reflect & Pray

What frightens you? How does Jesus’ power over the world encourage you to pray and rest in Him?

Dear Jesus, I trust You today with whatever comes my way.

By Mike Witmer

他在万有之先；万有也靠他而立。

(歌罗西书 1:17 )

今日经文：歌罗西书 1:15-23

今日洞见：在歌罗西书中，保罗驳斥了有关耶稣身份的错误教导，并确立了祂的身份、神性和权柄。耶稣就是神（1:15），是托住万有的创造主（16-17节）。祂是新造之物，即教会的元首（18节）。祂也是救主，借着在十字架上流血，救赎了我们，并使我们与神和好（19-23节）。使徒颂赞耶稣作为救主的至高地位及其丰盛：“神一切的丰盛都有形有体地居住在基督里面。你们在基督里也得了丰盛，他是各样执政掌权者的元首”（2:9-10）。保罗说：“要在祂里面扎根，在祂里面建造你们的生命”（7节）。我们在耶稣里的救恩是确定的，无论面对什么，我们都可以信靠祂。

今日灵修：生长在寒冷气候下的树木会经历一个被称就为“抗寒锻炼”（hardening）的过程，以此为过冬做准备。水分会从细胞中排出，以免结冰膨胀导致树木爆裂。残留在细胞间隙的水分纯度极高，冰晶无法附着其上。即便气温降至零下四十度，树木也不会因此开裂。树木每年都在同一时间进行这种抗寒适应，因为它们是根据日照时间缩短这一固定规律来做出反应的。它们不会把生命寄托在天气上，因为天气可能会反常地温暖；它们信靠太阳——那是它们唯一确定的依靠。

那位创造太阳的“子”则更为可靠。祂是“那不能看见之神的像，是首生的，在一切被造的以先。因为万有都是靠他造的”，并且“万有也靠他而立”（歌罗西书 1:15-17）。究竟是谁告诉树木每年何时进行抗寒适应呢？正是那位使太阳每天早晨升起、每晚落下的“子”，牵引着潮汐与月亮共舞，让每个细胞内的电子高速旋转，驱动你的心脏跳动、肺部呼吸，并在你心碎时将你拥入怀中。

维系这个世界的并非某种自然界内部的力量，而是一位超乎其上的“位格者”，祂进入了自己所造的世界，为要“叫万有都与自己和好”，这其中也包括你（20节）。在这个变幻莫测的世界里，你因信拥有一份确据：耶稣必“把你们引到祂自己面前，都是圣洁、没有瑕疵、无可责备的”（22节）。

反思与祷告有什么事物会让你感到恐惧？确信耶稣统管世界的大能会激励你如何在祂里面祷告并安息？亲爱的耶稣，无论将来会发生什么，我今天都信靠祢。