Jesus: The Author of Life (John 1:3-5)

Scripture reading:

(3) Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. (4) In him was life, and that life was the light of men. (5) The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.



Observations:
(1) Jesus is the creator of everything (v3).

Every single thing that you and I know on this earth - every planet, every mountain, every city and even every ant - was created by Jesus.

Jesus (being fully god – refer previous post) is the author of all life. He is solely responsible for our existence and the existence of anything around us. Absolutely nothing in our universe exists which is not part of the perfect design of Jesus.

The earth was not made because of some scientific accident. Our universe exists because of god's deliberate plan.


(2) Jesus is the source of all life (v4).

As the author of all life, god is also the source of all life, in both the physical and spirital sense.

Jesus is the only being that has life within himself. We can only have life ourselves by god giving it to us. We cannot have life, of any form, without god. Everything that we have, everything we are, literally every breath we take is given to us by god.

Without Jesus, we have nothing and are nothing.


(3) The world does not understand Jesus. (v5)

Whilst Jesus is our maker and the maker of everything, the world, including us, has not understood god. No one can fully comprehend how great god is. Our small human minds cannot begin to comprehend the pure, unlimited greatness, power, justice and love of the creator. He is so great he is well beyond anything we could imagine.

God is the creator of the world, the architect of all of our life the one and only source of life itself.

If I ever understood even a tenth of the greatness of god, I would probably fall down on my knees and be struck with a pure sense of awe at even the thought of his name.


Prayer:
Dear heavenly father

Lord, you are the creator of everything, the source of all life.

Everything on heaven and earth conforms to your perfect plan. We don’t always understand it, but we know you are in perfect control of everything.

Without you, we are nothing.

We have not understood you. Open our hearts to understanding the pure depth of your greatness, your power, your justice and your love.

In this I pray, in your great name.

Amen.