Bryan Wade: As you listen to the passage, focus on the ways you can love Jesus through your worship. Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation. For through Him, God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world.
Everything was created through him and for him. He existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together. Christ is also the head of the church, which is His body. He is the beginning supreme over all who rise from the dead. So he is first in everything.
For God and all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ and through him, God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ's blood on the cross. This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions. Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body.
As a result, he has brought you into his own presence and you are holy and blameless as you stand before Him without a single fault. Colossians 1 15 through 22. You are worthy of Jesus's love. As you see Christ, God sees you. Holy and blameless without a single fault.
This can be difficult to imagine as we may see ourselves through a lens broken by sin in a fallen world. Imagine looking deeply into the eyes of Christ, seeing yourself in a reflection as He sees you. As He is holy, you are made holy. As He is blameless, you are made blameless. Notice any resistance to this truth your mind or body may be experiencing.
Share your thoughts with God, your doubts, your worries. Rest in knowing that your perception of see and he invites you closer to experience the peace and joy of his presence. What you see of yourself as imperfect, Christ has washed away and made you clean. Imagine again, looking into His loving eyes, Ask Him how He sees you. Thank Him for His compassion and His sacrifice.
Thank Him for His love, which is greater than any love you've felt or experienced in this world. As your friend, Christ is worthy of your love. As your savior, he is worthy of your things. As your king, he is worthy of your faithfulness. As the visible image of God, he is worthy of your worship.
Imagine all of creation singing a song of praise to the 1 through which all was created. Join in the song. Join with your voice. Join with your body. Join with your mind.
Join with your soul. Praise Jesus with all that he's given you and sing a song along with all of creation. Breathe in his love. Allow His love to work in you and through you as you praise Him with all of your being. Breathe in his peace.
Release to him any burden which he has not given you to hold. Breathe in his joy. Imagine a hug from your creator as you are welcome to stay with him forever. He sees you for who you truly are, a beloved child of God. Today, as you go about your day, may you be filled with the peace, joy, and gratitude that comes from a deep connection with the God who sees you clearly and loves you fully.