August 16, 2022

“He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.” (Colossians 1:17)

Although it is still mid-August, you can smell College Football in the air. So many hopes yet unsullied by actual play. Writer Alan Jacob has an uncle named Bob. Bob lives for Alabama football. He cannot watch the games live. He records them, then when the game is over, he calls his sister and asks if he can watch the game. If the answer is “yes”, he watches. If the answer is “no”, he deletes the recording.

In Christ, we already know that the answer is “yes.” He has already redeemed us by his shed blood. And He has promised to come again to reconcile all that is broken and apparently meaningless. This means that you can watch your own game no matter what comes. For He has already secured the victory.

“O God of unchangeable power and eternal light: Look favorably on your whole Church, that wonderful and sacred  mystery; by the effectual working of your providence, carry out in tranquility the plan of salvation; let the whole world see and know that things which were cast down are being raised up, and things which had grown old are being made new, and that all things are being brought to their perfection by him through whom all things were made, your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.” (Good Friday – BCP)