Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
Devotional: We, ourselves, and everything we experience in life were created through the Word, Jesus Christ.
Said differently, it is the Word of God that is the agent God uses to create and recreate everything. The creative energy of Almighty God is expressed in the work of the Third Person of the Trinity.
So Jesus Christ is the Creator of all things, the owner of the world, and in all things. Everything and every being in the world testifies to the love of God and work of God through Jesus Christ. This love is communicated through creation itself, the Holy Scriptures, and the Church of Jesus Christ. Communion with God at some level has always been available to believers and non-believers through nature. The created order itself is a witness to the love of God for the world created in and through Jesus Christ.
For this reason and others, there is no such thing as spiritual divorced from or in opposition to the natural. God reveals God's nature through Jesus Christ in various ways through any medium in creation. Most often, this revelation comes through acts of prayer or worship, but can come through any avenue, for all is created by God in Jesus Christ.
Perhaps we do not always recognize such experiences as witnesses to God's love, but few can be unmoved by the birth of a child, the view of the mountains, the elegance of a flower or the love of another person or a beloved pet. These and all other experiences in our existence can be, and are, used by God to express God's love for this world in Jesus Christ.
It is all a matter of Grace, God's gift to us in and through Jesus Christ. Therefore, the only appropriate response or way to live is in abject gratitude for everything that we experience in this life and that to come.
Christ is everything!
Prayer: Come, Lord Jesus.
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