27 June 2026 | By Him All Things Consist

Horsehead and Flame Nebula — dark cosmos. Photo by Arnaud Girault on Unsplash

27 June 2026 · Colossians 1:15–23

By Him All Things Consist

KJV “And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.” — Colossians 1:17 NASB95 “He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.” — Colossians 1:17 ESV “And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.” — Colossians 1:17

I once believed I was the one holding my world together — building businesses, accumulating wealth, asserting control. Then it collapsed: bankruptcy, divorce, four stints in prison. And still, something held. Not something — Someone.

Paul declares that in Christ, all things consist. Not a cosmic force, but a Person — the same One who orchestrates sunrises, pulls ocean tides, and wept at Lazarus’s tomb. He was before my worst chapter. He is already inside The Gateway’s opening in July. He holds every Restarter’s unravelling story within His sovereign grip.

Walking Changi’s corridors for Crossroads, I see men whose worlds lie in fragments. I tell them: He reconciled “all things” through the cross (v. 20). Not some things. All. Including you.

What holds TCE together was never my vision. It is always His.

Lord Jesus, You hold what I cannot. You were before our failures and already in our tomorrows. Hold our Restarters, hold The Gateway, hold TCE together. We rest in You alone. Amen.
Soli Deo Gloria “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” — 2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV) Brewing Coffee & Second Chances UEN 201725426R

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