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I want to talk to you about Colossians, because in Ephesians 1 it says… when you read that, what did you say?

Verses 15–16—that’s where Ephesians 1 comes to mind. Yeah, verse 15–16. We look at this Son and see the God who cannot be seen. We look at this Son and see God’s original purpose in everything created.

Right there.

Because he keeps bringing us back to that original purpose in Ephesians 1—chosen in Him before the foundation of the world. It all started there. And now we see that fullness revealed in Christ the Creator.

So He’s coming into His own creation—a creation He already has a relationship with. The apostolic vision of Jesus Christ as Creator is that He continues to uphold all things and give life to all. That’s who He is. That’s what He is.

And that’s the One who becomes a man.

Let that settle for a moment. The One who holds all things together steps into the very world He is holding. The Life of all life breathes our air.

I’ll stay in Colossians, but let me read this. What version are you using?

Same idea—I’m going to read from the Mirror Translation.

Colossians 1:15:

“In Him, the image and likeness of God is made visible in human form in order that everyone may recognize their true origin in Him. He is the firstborn of every creature.”

Come on.

There’s something deeply grounding here. Paul isn’t starting with sin—he’s starting with origin. Not with separation, but with source. Christ doesn’t arrive to begin something new in the sense of God reacting—He reveals what has always been true in the heart of God.

It echoes like a quiet refrain from Ephesians: before the foundation… in Him.

And it reminds me of those opening lines in John’s Gospel—“In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.” The life we’re awakening to isn’t foreign to us. It’s not imported from the outside. It’s the very life we’ve always had our being in, now unveiled in Christ.

So when we look at Jesus, we’re not just seeing God—we’re seeing ourselves as we were always meant to be, held in Him from the beginning.

[Verse]

Winds howl through the narrow lane

But faith lights up the darkened plain

Mile by mile we bravely ride

With God’s goodness as our guide

[Chorus]

Oh we’re finding our way through this wild life

His love shines brighter than the brightest light

When we stumble and fall he holds our hand

Together we’ll find goodness in this land

[Verse 2]

The road may twist and rivers rise

But hope reflects in open skies

Each struggle paints a sacred hue

Life’s a canvas he’s painting

Too

[Chorus]

Oh we’re finding our way through this wild life

His love shines brighter than the brightest light

When we stumble and fall he holds our hand

Together we’ll find goodness in this land

[Bridge]

Through valleys deep through mountains tall

His voice calls soft above it all

No fear can linger no shadow stay

When his grace leads us day by day

[Chorus]

Oh we’re finding our way through this wild life

His love shines brighter than the brightest light

When we stumble and fall he holds our hand

Together we’ll find goodness in this land

Welcome to Finding Our Way

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But that doesn’t mean God’s not drawing and He’s not teaching. It’s, I don’t see it, I don’t perceive it, I’m not responding—I’m fighting against it, whether it’s consciously or subconsciously. And He’s just patient, waiting on us and working in us. Scripture says He tasted death for every man. Yeah. Okay, and He takes away the sins of the world. He’s the Savior of all men, especially those that believe.

Okay, so… for whom did Jesus die? Sins. Whose sins did God remove in Jesus? Are you asking me a question? Yeah—that you want me to answer? Whose sins did God remove in Jesus? Well, I think it’s the sins of the world. It wasn’t just Israel—that was all. Okay. So in Hebrews chapter 8—that’s my opinion—where He’s talking about, “I will remember their sins and iniquities no more,” right? Yeah. Okay, so is that the same people He’s talking about earlier in Hebrews chapter 8 where He says, “I’ll write my laws on their minds and put them in their hearts?”

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We didn’t even finish chapter five. He talks about, “Do not think I will accuse you to the Father.” That’s a good one. We don’t have to—we’re looking at everyone. Oh well, verse 43 and 45: “I have come to represent my Father, yet you refuse to embrace me in faith. If someone comes in their own name and with their own agenda, you readily accept it. Of course, you’re unable to believe in me, for you live to enjoy the praises of others and not the praises that come from the one true God. I will not accuse you before the Father. The one who will incriminate you is Moses, the very one you claim to obey, the one in whom you trust.”

Okay, so we know what he does with Moses’ law. Yeah—he nails it to the cross. He does. But if you want to keep living under it, you’re just going to keep condemning yourself. I don’t accuse you, but you won’t believe it. You won’t accept it. You’re insistent that this law of Moses is how it is. As long as you keep doing that, you’re condemning yourself under that system. I’m going to take that system out of the way—maybe you’ll believe. Yeah, that’s good.

Did you find the next verse? I think after—I think then we go to chapter 6 after that. Yeah. Okay, chapter 6, we’ve got the feeding of the 5,000, the miracle of the loaves and the fishes. And following that, he starts teaching. And I will point out, I believe at the end of the teaching, most of them walk away. Oh yeah, out of that. So we probably have some pretty heavy teaching going on in that. Jesus says, “Will you too? Will you also go away?”

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So you don't think when Jesus said have meat to eat you don't know if he found some musky dines on the side of the road like we just did. No, she was talking about the Father's will. It was the Father's will that I came down this road and ate those musky dimes on the side of the road, and they were good.

This next passage—oh, what's your next one? Ought to be really good. John 5:17. I think he healed somebody. Yeah, he healed a man at Bethesda, and out of that comes a conversation because they want to know why he's doing it, because he does it intentionally on the Sabbath, and they get bent out of shape about it. And Jesus answered his critics by saying, every day my Father is at work and I will be too. And that was his—why are you working on the Sabbath? He's like, well, my Father was working on the Sabbath. I'm just with Him.

John's also laying out the plot—why they killed Him—all the way back in verse 5. See, here it is again. Jesus is talking about His Father. He's going to talk about judgment. That's all. We finally get into, we finally get the revelation.

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We do the same thing. We just repeat the pattern over and over, but we're not seeing what's happening—that Jesus came to break that pattern and to give us a different way of living. But normally we gather up in our Christian circles and we justify living under what Christ came to give us.

That’s right. Because we say, “We’re just down here in this old sinful world.” And in doing that, we start explaining away something less than the life Jesus came out of the tomb to give us—resurrection life.

What is that life? It’s full—full of purpose, full of joy, full of hope, full of love. There are things in this world that cannot affect resurrection life, cannot defeat it, cannot hinder it. And that’s what we’re waking up to—or what we need to wake up to. It’s the life that is already in us. It’s the Spirit of Christ. He is Lord.

So it’s about becoming aware and learning to live from that reality.

He goes on to say, the law always ended up being used as a band-aid on sin instead of a deep healing of it. That’s a good way to think about it—it never dealt with the root.

And now what the law asked for but couldn’t deliver is actually accomplished as we, instead of redoubling our own efforts, simply embrace what the Spirit is doing in us.

That’s it.

The law is about performance, earning, striving—you’ve got to do. But in Jesus, it’s grace. It’s a gift. He’s already done it. We receive it, and we learn to live in the enjoyment of it.

Two completely different ways of relating, and two completely different ways of living.

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Oh man, that was a good breakfast. Always is.

Yeah—good, steady kind of place. Nothing flashy, just consistent. Good food, good service, familiar faces. Something about sitting there, coffee in hand, not in a hurry… it does something to you. Slows things down a bit.

Looks like the whole town’s out today.

Oh, they’ve got a big garage sale going on—up and down the road. One of those “main to main” kind of deals. Folks scattered everywhere, tables set up, people digging through things, looking for something they didn’t even know they needed.

It’s funny how that works.

You see a crowd like that and it almost pulls you in—makes you wonder if there’s something out there you’re supposed to find. Maybe we stop, maybe we don’t. Maybe we just keep driving and watch it pass by.

I like that old Bronco, though. Something about it—worn, but still carrying a story. You can almost feel the miles in it.

You doing alright?

Yeah… just getting settled. Got to be comfortable when you’re looking out the window.

There’s something about that posture—just looking out, taking it in. Not trying to control anything, not trying to make something happen. Just present.

Honestly, moments like that feel a lot like what we were just talking about earlier. Learning to live from what’s already been given, instead of always reaching for something else.

Like sitting at the table after a good meal—you’re not striving anymore. You’re just… full.