When we read Colossians, the question we are each faced with is: how big is your God? If there was one key attribute of the book of Colossians, it is its abundant use of words expressing the ‘all-ness’ of our Trinitarian God permeating all of creation with God’s work of redemption. We get a sense that Paul is struggling to put into words his awareness of how expansive God is. His prayer, writing from prison, is that we may be filled with the “knowledge of God’s will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding.” This understanding and wisdom is not for its own sake, but so that we might live in the light of this reality.
This is an important message for us in this time of uncertainty and chaos. To remember that when things seem to be falling apart, that God in Christ holds all things together. In times of division, that God through Christ is reconciling all things. In times of anxiety, that we would “reach all the riches of full assurance.” That ultimately, “Christ is all, and in all,” and we have the privilege of participating in this expansive vision of God at work in the world.
We invite you to read along with us as we journey through Colossians together.
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