“I’ve Got This” - Jesus

Colossians 1:17 He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. This is not like Jesus holding everything up like Atlas. He is not so much holding it up as He is carrying it in His hands. He is sustaining it and holding it together. This is easy for Him. In fact it is so easy the Bible tells us how He does it. He does it by the word of His power. The same word that He used to speak it all into existence is the same word that He uses to hold it all together. The word of Jesus keeps this world from falling apart. He keeps it all afloat. Ten times in Genesis 1 we have the words, “God said.” During the Vietnam War helicopter pilots coined a slang term to describe a certain hexagon shaped nut that held the main rotor to the mast of the helicopter. They called this the Jesus nut. You can imagine why they called it that. Because if that small piece of metal ever came off, all the people in that helicopter were going to meet Jesus and very quickly. They called it the Jesus nut because it held everything together. In the same way, Jesus is the one piece that holds the entire universe together. He keeps the whole thing from flying apart and collapsing. The same thing is true in your life. Jesus is the One who sustains you and supports you. He keeps our lives from falling apart. Christmas can be hard for some. Maybe you feel like your life is crashing down around you. You and I need to remember that it is Jesus Christ who holds us together. Now if everything in your life is going great, Jesus is still the One holding it together. Either way we need to cling to Him and that is a great thing to know this Christmas season.