In Colossians 1:18-20, the apostle Paul is trying to help the church at Colossae, and all of us today understand the place that Jesus deserves in our lives. He explains why Jesus and Jesus alone is to be at the top.
18 He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.
Why is He the head of the body, the church? Why will He have first place in everything?
The answer follows in verses 19 and 20.
19 For it was the Father's good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him, 20 and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven.
Jesus gave His life for all of us. He did not have to because it was required of Him. He did so because it was required for us to be saved.
He deserves to be the most important relationship in our lives.