What happens when Jesus becomes a tool rather than the foundation of our lives? That is the uncomfortable question at the heart of this message drawn from Colossians 1:15-23. We live in a culture that trains us to ask 'what is in it for me?' about everything, and if we are not careful, that same lens gets applied to our faith. The result is a version of Jesus shaped around our priorities rather than one we actually submit to. Paul's great poem about Christ in Colossians 1 pushes back hard against that tendency. It presents Jesus not as a supporting character in our story but as the one who is before all things, the creator and sustainer of everything visible and invisible, and the head of the church. If even half of what Paul claims here is true, it demands that we stop and genuinely reckon with who Jesus is. This is an invitation to discover what it means to let him occupy first place in everything.