ARE YOU FALLING APART?

 

Saturday, May 6, 2023

A “Classic”

 

ARE YOU FALLING APART?

 

Col 1:15-17

15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

16 For by him [Jesus] 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:

17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

 

          The word “consist” in verse 17 is the Greek word sunistao which literally is “strengthened; or to constitute” but sounds a bit like our word sustained. The idea is that Jesus holds things together.

 

          I have no graphic to show to you this morning but if you Google the word “laminin” you will see a cellular structure that looks very much like a cross!

 

Wikipedia describes Laminins as “a family of proteins that are an integral part of the structural scaffolding of basement membranes in almost every animal tissue.”

 

Laminins are what hold us together…. literally. They are cell adhesion molecules. They are what holds one cell of our bodies to the next cell. Without them, we would literally fall apart.

 

Here we have one of those many astounding examples of God’s handiwork that fill our world. How amazing to know that the very base of my structural existence is held together by a cross! (Source: James Ryle)

 

Dear Lord, some days I feel like a basket full of disjointed parts. Thank you for holding me together, especially in the tough times. AMEN