This is what God the Lord says - the Creator of the heavens, who stretches them out, who spreads out the earth with all that springs from it, who gives breath to its people, and life to those who walk on it:
"I, the Lord..."
Isaiah 42:5-7 NIV.
When we rock up to church to sing a couple of songs... when we say a prayer before a meal, when we ask God for a car park or for anything...He says just remember, this is who I am...
He reminds us of the immensity, complexity of the universe he created, brings the focus to the earth, and the way it works...and to us.
People.
We're not the same as the rest of creation, but the focal point of it...it's His breath that we breathe...
We are the centre of the universe, but not because of anything we've done or can do...not because we're great, but because He's great and made it that way...
And yet... He's personal!
#howgreatisourGod
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16 NLT OK so this is an English translation of a letter Paul wrote to a church 2,000 years ago, but does it feel like Paul is wrestling with words and ideas to try and capture all of who Jesus is, of who God is, of how does it work that the walking around Jesus was also there before the beginning of the beginning of everything we can see and touch and know. Not only that but Jesus was somehow the agent of everything that has been made in the physical, social, and spiritual. Jesus is at the centre of it all. Walking around Jesus. Cooking fish for breakfast Jesus. Heart aching as he looks at p
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