Eveything was Created For Jesus

Col 1:16  For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. NIV

This little verse of Scripture is quite direct in what it says. The preceding verses make it clear this is referring to Jesus. Therefore Jesus created everything that was ever created, both physical things and spiritual things.

Furthermore this verse declares that all things were created by Him and for Him.

That could be quite a blow to my ego. Weren't some things created for me?

Well, if in one sense something was created for me it would in a greater sense be to fulfill a purpose that Jesus has for me. After all, both I and the "something" were created by Him and for Him.

Jesus is the Creator and He knows exactly why He made everything in creation. When we give thought to what we do with our possessions we ought to first acknowledge that both we and what we call our possessions actually belong totally to Christ.

When we have the correct perspective of Who owns everything we can turn to Scripture to learn from it what Jesus wants us to do with whatever we have temporary stewardship of.

While He was here in the flesh, Jesus taught that when the master and owner returns He is going to take actions based on what His servants did with what belongs to Him.

It seems to me that a good first step toward properly using what belongs to Jesus is to acknowledge and remember at all times that everything belongs to Him.

Who is this Jesus who created everything for Himself? He is the One who is Creator, Savior, and Lord.

Shouldn't we seek to know Him better? Let's do that.