God Still Has This
“He existed before anything else, and He holds all creation together.” Colossians 1:17, NLT
One might want to argue that the world is spinning out of control. With all the chaos in the world both globally and locally, those without faith, would argue even harder that there is no such thing as a God. They would argue, if there was, surely He would bring some order to all the chaos.
When I read Colossians 1:17, I am encouraged by two things. One, that God has no beginning and has no ending. He was in the beginning before the beginning was the beginning. He will be after the end of it all as well.
John, the Apostle, refers to Him as, “The Alpha and the Omega”. Alpha is the first letter in the Greek alphabet while Omega is the last letter in the Greek alphabet. To call Jesus as the Alpha and the Omega is to say He is the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
The second thing that encourages me in this verse is, “He holds all things together”. He is in control of the world no matter how chaotic it may seem, He is still in control and He is still on His throne as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. He is in charge.
I no longer look to the world for hope or peace. I look only to the one who existed before the creation and to the one that still holds it together.
Riley Pippen