Jesus glue

In one of the little kiddy Sunday school rooms at church (aka. the youth ministry office), I happened to notice these poster things that the kids had made during Sunday school. Some of them had some really funny pictures drawn on them like the church being drawn as a human body with Christ as the head (He had a halo on Him haha), and all the people inside the body. It was quite entertaining just looking at them and seeing what they were learning about in Sunday school.

There was one in particular that I really took note of though. On it had a picture of a giant glue bottle with this "POW" border on it (you know the comic book kind). On the top of the page, "CHRIST GLUE" was written in big letters and written on the glue bottle were the words "Christ Glue" again and this verse written out:

[And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.] Colossians 1:17

It was so cute. The illustration is so simple and easy for kids to understand, yet it's such a profound way of thinking about it. Sure, the illustration falls apart when you think too much about it, for example those cruddy glue sticks that don't seem to make anything stick together, but if it's just simply put, the purpose of glue is to hold things together.

Such is Christ that holds the universe together. He's sovereign over everything. He holds our lives together. He's the one that created us. All things were created for Him and by Him, first born of all creation. Alpha and omega. The image of the invisible God. Dang. That's some crazzzy glue.

It's so comforting to think about that. In this world of seemingly utter chaos, there someone out there that has everything under control. And this is not just any someone. He's the best possible someone that surpasses all human power. Human power is pretty weak sauce compared to the power of Christ which is God's.

More and more I realize that it's so difficult to control my desires and emotions. I can't even begin to think about how I would be if I did not have Christ, and let my emotions and desires run all over the place. There are so many times in the day where desires and emotions run up and down, thoughts are running around and around. One little incident can cause an emotional uproar.

As unstable and psychotic that may sound, I'm so thankful that I do indeed have Christ. I'm so thankful to be comforted by the fact that my life is held together by Christ glue. I'm so thankful that at the end of the day, my heart can rest assured that I am sustained by and only by Christ, who is much greater beyond any comprehension, that anything that happens, good or bad, no matter how much I fall or mess up, is all purposed for His glory and for my sanctification. To even try to hold my own life together is such a pointless and pathetic effort. There's such a joy and a peace there that's seriously inexplicable when I realize that Christ holds everything together. And all this is bought with the blood of Christ. Dang, what a privilege it is to be a sinner that is saved by His grace.

Freak. What a motivation to keep persevering. What a motivation to be humble and depend on Him. What a motivation to live for the gospel. There's seriously every reason to be praising God.

[And you, who were once alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of I, Paul, became a minister.] Colossians 1:21-23

Lord, help my unbelief so that I may have the faith to believe and live in earnestness and steadfastness for the hope that You have given me in Christ who holds all things together.