The past nine weeks have been a tremendous learning experience for me, both in the way I view God and how I pursue a more Christ-centered daily life. For the first 3 weeks, I meditated over Isaiah 46, a passage that brings to light the idols of Israel and affirms God’s position as the one and only ruler. After Isaiah 46, I meditated over Colossians 1 for another 3 weeks; this passage emphasized Christ’s identity as a revelation of the all-powerful Father. Between the two verses and over the course of six weeks, God’s Word changed my internal soundtrack about idolatry and God’s sovereignty while impacting my future relationship with Christ.
Isaiah 46 was helpful in that it tuned my heart to the danger of idolatry and my appreciation for the all-power God. The passage warns about the uselessness of idols,
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The passage begins with, “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.” What an amazing thought! Jesus Christ is the image of God and he was before everything. The verse that was really highlighted for me when I was reading this passage was verse 22: “he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by this death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him… continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel.” The word “hope” stood out to me in my time of meditation. As I’m writing this, I am unable to remember exactly why this particular word stood out to be, but I do think this is another power image. My “hope” and “faith” is “stable” because Christ’s mission was to present me “holy and blameless” before the Father. My internal soundtrack has changed to appreciate God’s sovereignty and Christ’s selfless deed in order to seek a relationship with