Repaired

SCRIPTURE: For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. Colossians 1:19-20 NIV

THOUGHT: Did you know the opposite of the verb “to reconcile” is “to anger?” And the literal meaning of the original Latin, reconciliāre, is “to make good again, to repair.” Jesus endured the anger of God toward the sin of all humanity – past, present and future – and absorbed it, repairing the relationship between God and man and making it good again. Peace with God is rest, the shalom that forgiveness provides.

Jesus was the only one who could both absorb and repair because 1) everything was made by him and through him and for him, and 2) all of the fullness of God also dwelt in him. Inside the flesh and spirit of sinless Jesus, a great exchange was made and we are repaired because of it.

PRAYER: What a gift you gave us, Jesus. Everything in heaven and earth was yours to give, yet you gave us what mattered most: yourself as a bridge back to the Father’s heart. We are repaired, put back together with God in the most profound sense of the word. Thank you for the forgiveness you purchased, enough for the whole world – past, present, and future – if only we turn from our sin toward you.

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