Preeminent and central to all (Colossians 1)

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
For everything was created by Him, in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible,
whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities — all things have been created through Him and for Him.

He is before all things, and by Him all things hold together.
He is also the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead,
so that He might come to have first place in everything.

For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile
everything to Himself by making peace through the blood of His cross — whether things on earth or things in heaven.

We are rooted in Him, we are alive in Him, we are hidden in Him, and are complete in Him.

We cannot live life without Him.

Surrounded by His love, and with His peace ruling in our hearts, we are equipped to make our Lord first in every area of life.