Memorising bible verses and passages is a great discipline to get into! When faced with a tricky situation or a tempting opportunity, how can you know what to do, unless you know what God has said in his written word? If you truly want to understand God’s will for your life, then the bible is the only place to turn; its there that he lays out his plan and desire for you. When you have mucked up, and have sinned against your God and King, where else can you turn to be encouraged and reminded of God’s grace and forgiveness but the Bible?
My bible memorising has never been greatly organised- but whenever I have managed to get into the discipline I have always found it a wonderful blessing. Starting today, I plan, with God’s help, to learn a new passage every week. Why not join me?
For week #1 I have chosen Colossians 1 verses 15 and 16.
“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities- all things were created through him and for him.”
This is a beautiful passage, talking about our saviour the Lord Jesus Christ- where better to start?! We are told that Jesus is ‘the image of the invisible God’. How, I ask myself, can we have an image of something invisible? Surely the answer is this: when we read about Jesus and see his divinity, his righteousness, his kindness, his love and his sorrow, we are ‘seeing’ the attributes of the invisible God.
It is also a great encouragement to be reminded that despite the wars, poverty and state-sanctioned persecution we can see across the globe, ultimately Jesus Christ created all kingdoms and governments, and they will be held to account and will glorify him. Elsewhere in scripture we are told that one day ‘at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.’
For these reasons, amongst many others, I have chosen Colossians 1 verses 15 and 16 as this week’s ‘a verse 4 u’!
P.S. Mark Altrogge has a fantastic 3 minute-long song available to help learn this passage!
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