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\u201cKeep your hands to yourself. If you break anything, you\u2019re buying it!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n The life of a child is filled with so many joy-packed moments like these, isn\u2019t it? John 1:3 The desire to expand on the love that they had for each other had created a thought. We can give this love to others, someone who looks like us, someone we can include in our common union. However, this creation they are planning brings with it a multitude of issues which must be addressed, foremost of which is motivation. While they know that love is their motivation, will the creation recognize it?<\/p>\n Colossians 1:16-17 John and Paul have a revelation of the motivation of Jesus, Father and Holy Spirit that they are trying to communicate to us. Notice in both of these passages that they are establishing the connection of creation to the person of Jesus. Why is this important?<\/p>\n In the eternal realm the Godhead was preeminent to the creation; they existed independent of it. All that surrounds us in the physical and spiritual arena, all that we move around and through, all that we can\u2019t see from the farthest galaxy to the pulsating energy of string matter were created by Jesus and for Jesus. You better take a moment to process that statement.<\/p>\n You were made by Jesus, for Jesus. Your spouse was made by and for Jesus. Your kids; parents; neighbors; boss; coworkers; the panhandler on the street corner; the driver who cut you off today; the collection agent you had to deal with also; the rude grocery clerk; the sweet girl at the crosswalk who that let you drive through before she crossed; and a whole host of people that make up the 7 billion plus lives inhabiting this planet, regardless of their religious and political affiliation, race, creed, color or sex, were made for and by Jesus and without Him they don\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n Read it again. Without Him none of us, and all of our stuff, exists. Poof! Lights turned off and NO ONE home (actually the house goes too). I realize that this might seem like a bit of hyperbole but consider the ramifications my friend. All that has led us up to this precise moment in life exists solely because Jesus desired it and made it. Even 2,000 years after the creation He made hung Him on a cross crafted from a tree He made and buried Him the earth He made, He has still created more of everything. Do you see any motivation why He should be this way?<\/p>\n Something tells me that when the trinity planned this thing out, the Father looked at his Son in the face and said, \u201cWhen I touch it, you are what I\u2019ve bought it with and we own it.\u201d Holy Spirit quipped, \u201cI dare you not to touch it!\u201d Jesus responded, \u201cLet there be\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n I\u2019ll say it again. What motivates\u2026Wait a minute! Let me finish this one\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cKeep your hands to yourself. If you break anything, you\u2019re buying it!\u201d The life of a child is filled with so many joy-packed moments like these, isn\u2019t it? I recall an instance when these same word were spoken to my … Continue reading
\nI recall an instance when these same word were spoken to my grandfather by my grandmother! On that day I found out that age matters little to the those who are inquisitive. One of life\u2019s small ironies I guess.<\/p>\n
\n(3) All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n16) For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
\n17) And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.<\/em><\/p>\n