Deep Water Environment

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister. (Colossians 1:15-23 ESV).

Not long ago I was watching a National Geographic special on PBS. It centered on the immense pressure of a deep-water environment. One particular species of fish was presented that lived five miles below sea level in the ocean. In studying this fish it was discovered that because it had adapted to such pressure, it could not be safely brought to the surface without decompression. Even then it was very unlikely that the fish of the ocean’s depths could survive above sea level.

You know, it really works this way in all of God's creation. There's an environment that things and people were created to be in, and things really work when they're in that place. They really don't work very well when they're not where they were designed to be. Well, thankfully, God makes very clear the environment you and I were created for so we don't have to waste our lives searching for it. In fact, probably the single most important question you have to answer while we're on earth is this: Why am I here? God answers that question in our reading this morning. We are created by Him and for Him. Just like those fish were created to be in the pressure of that deep sea we were created for a relationship with God. When you have this personal relationship with Christ, you are finally where you were born to be.

When those deep-sea fish are outside the environment they were made to live in, they eventually die. So do we. Some of that dying happens even now, as we keep looking for love in places that don't deliver it, looking for some inner peace, some fulfillment in achievements and relationships and experiences that can't possibly give it to us because we are not where we were born to be. His call to you is to put your total trust in Him to be the Rescuer from your sin. The moment you do that, the relationship you were born for becomes yours forever. Isn't it time to experience the relationship you were made for, to be where you were born to be? Trust Him today!