All Things Hold Together

“In Christ all things hold together.” Colossians 1:17

When I was young I felt so bad that I broke  the ceramic handle of a salad spoon. It was part of a beautiful set, and even if all the pieces were recovered and it was glued back together, it never was the same. It was imperfect already, damaged goods. Not so with Christ. He holds the whole world together, even if all around we see a broken, imperfect world. One day we will see clearly that “all things work together for good to those who love God and are called according to His purpose.” 

Paul wrote the people of Colossae while he was in prison, but he was never a broken man. He knew Jesus and was confident that “He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.” Are we so confident in the Lord, that no misfortune, no trial or suffering, will make us turn away from God in despair? Jesus is the source of our hope and the perfecter of our faith.