JESUS OUR MAKER
Jesus is not merely our teacher or example; He is our Maker. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing that exists was made (John 1:1-3). Before He ever walked the dust of Galilee, He spoke light into darkness and order into chaos. The hands that later bore nails were the same hands that shaped the stars. Creation is not distant from Christ; it belongs to Him, depends on Him, and finds its meaning in Him.
Because Jesus is our Maker, He knows us completely. Scripture teaches that by Him all things hold together, visible and invisible alike (Colossians 1:16-17). Our lives are not sustained by chance or momentum but by the ongoing will of Christ Himself. He understands our weakness not only because He became flesh, but because He designed the human frame and breathed life into it. There is no confusion in us that surprises Him, no fracture He does not recognize, no sorrow He does not comprehend at its root.
Jesus our Maker is also Jesus our Redeemer, and this is where the wonder deepens. The Word of God tells us that the One through whom the ages were formed entered those ages to restore what was broken (Hebrews 1:2-3). The Creator stepped into His creation, not to discard it, but to reclaim it. Sin marred what He made good, yet He did not abandon His work. Instead, He bore our ruin in His own body, proving that the Maker’s love for His creation is stronger than the creation’s rebellion.
Because Jesus is our Maker, He has rightful authority over our lives. We do not belong to ourselves; we belong to the One who formed us for His purpose (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). Obedience to Christ is not submission to a stranger but trust in the Craftsman who knows what we were made to be. When we resist Him, we resist our own design; when we follow Him, we move toward wholeness. His commands are not arbitrary rules but invitations to live as we were intended.
Jesus our Maker is our hope. The Word of God promises that the same Christ who made all things will also make all things new (Revelation 21:5). The brokenness we feel is not the final word. The One who formed us in the beginning is committed to finishing His work. Our future rests not in our ability to remake ourselves, but in His power to restore what He created. The Maker has not let go of His masterpiece.
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Lord Jesus Christ, You are my Maker and my Redeemer. Help me to trust Your hands, submit to Your wisdom, and rest in Your purposes. Shape my life according to Your will, and finish the good work You began in me. Amen.
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