He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation…all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

Colossians 1:15-17

In the beginning God…(Genesis 1:1) Before time as we know it began, God was. Before time as we know it began, Jesus Christ was. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning (John 1:1). This Christmas season, we worship the Almighty, uncreated One! Jesus is the One who was, who is, and who is to come! (Revelation 1:8)

The Lord God created all things. Throughout the first chapter of Genesis, the phrase And God said, “Let there be…” is repeated. That which God spoke came into existence. The apostle John says of Jesus Christ, Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made (John 1:9). The Almighty, uncreated One created all things.

And yet, at God’s appointed time, The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only… (John 1:4,14). The Almighty, uncreated One became the created One! 

From the moment God said, Let there be light…(Genesis 1:3), light from God has come forth. Throughout His Word, God progressively revealed light regarding the coming of the Messiah, leading up to the moment of Jesus’ birth when the true Light of God came to earth. In him was life, and that life was the light of men…(John 1:4). The Light of the world came to rescue us from spiritual darkness. The uncreated One was created that He might create within believers His life and light! 

Jesus, we worship You as the uncreated One. From eternity past You are the sovereign Lord and forever shall be. We worship You, the Creator of all things, as the created One. You, Lord God, became man that You might rescue us and give us faith and life and light. 

Jan Burkhart