Creator of All

What is your view of God? Do you envision God as three persons and yet one? Do you think of God the Father as the Creator and mastermind of the grand plan? Do you see Jesus as God the Son and see Him as human? How do you envision the Holy Spirit?

People have many different perspectives of God. Some view God the Father in the image of as a man with white hair and white beard, something like father time. Many believe the Father is the Creator, the one who created everything. They envision him as sitting on a throne.

Unfortunately, many have been taught incorrectly. It is Jesus the Son who is the Creator. As the Apostle Paul states in today’s passage, everything was created by Him and for Him. In effect, Paul is repeating what the Apostle John states in chapter 1 of his gospel. But it is not only the physical earth, people, animals, plants, fish of the ocean that He created. It is much more.

Notice that Paul states that He created everything that is visible and invisible. What is invisible? We don’t think about it but is the very air we breathe. In fact, there are many invisible gases we use that were created by Him. Paul goes on to say that He created the authorities of the world. Think about that. He has created the nations. Paul states in today’s passage that He even sets the rulers, and the Apostle Peter states it in 1 Peter 2:13-14.

Regardless of where we go, what we see, who we encounter, it was all created by Jesus, God the Son. It might a good idea if we remember that the next time we want to complain about something or someone. Knowing that the one we call Savior also created what we don’t like should change our attitude toward it.

I pray we all take time to think before we complain. I pray we understand that Jesus, God the Son, created all things. I pray each one of us give thanks to our Savior for creating us. Think before complaining. Know that Jesus is the Creator. Thank your Savior for creating you.

Colossians 1:15-16 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation, for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers—all things have been created through him and for him.