Christ Jesus: the Creator!

"All things came into being by Him and apart from Him nothing came into
being that has come into being."  John 1:3

"For in Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth,
visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or
authorities -- all things have been created by Him and for Him."
Colossians  1:16

Then glory upon glory we see:
"How blessed is the one whom Thou dost choose and bring near to Thee,
To dwell in Thy courts..."  Psalm 65:4

Chosen by God!
".He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world that we should be
holy and blameless before Him.
In love He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to
Himself, according to the kind intention of His will."  Ephesians 1:4-5

It never ceases to cause wonder and amazement when I think on this, but it
is true. We were in His plan from the foundation of the world.  How awesome
and how humbling that the Almighty God, the everlasting Father, would choose
such as we?

Our Lord is not an impersonal distant God, but One who from before the
foundation of the world chose to have an intimate relationship with man.
For the Believer (those who are born again) there is that very personal
relationship.  Scripture tells us:
"Therefore, if any man is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have
passed away; behold, all things have become new." 2 Corinthians 5:17

"For in Him we live and move and exist...for we are His offspring."
Acts 17:28
We are livingly related to the Almighty God, the great I AM! He is our
Father and as the perfect parent, He is involved in every aspect of our
lives.  It is He who is conforming us to the image of Jesus by His Holy
Spirit.

"For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image
of His Son, that He (Jesus) might be the first-born among many brethren."
Romans 8:29
Then we see in Ephesians 2:10:
"For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which
God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them."

Did you catch that "prepared beforehand"?  Nothing by chance! So the Apostle
Paul gives us this admonition Philippians 2:13-15:
"For it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good
pleasure.  Do all things without grumbling or disputing; that you may prove
yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in
the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among who you appear as
lights in the world."

It is God who is at work in us, therefore, Paul can say,
"I am confident of this very thing that He who began a good work in you
will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus."  Philippians 1:6

Let us do as the Psalmist encourages in Psalm 95:6-7
"Come, let us worship and bow down;
Let us kneel before the Lord our maker.
For He is our God,
And we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand."

Hallelujah!  Praise His name forever.