Ephesians 1:9 ...which He purposed in Himself, (10) Unto the economy of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in Him Colossians 2:10 And you have been made full in Him [Christ], who is the Head of all rule and authority.
God's eternal intention is to head up all things in Christ, who has been appointed to be the universal Head. The first step God takes to accomplish this is to head up His chosen ones in Him. One by one, God rescues His people from the heap caused by the universal collapse.
God has brought us out of the universal collapse and has placed us under the unique Head, Christ. Because of the angelic rebellion and the human rebellion, none of the created beings is under any head. There is simply no headship in the universe.
Most of today's government leaders do not care for Christ; they are not under the headship of Christ. Since this is the situation, how can Christ be the Head over all things? God is endeavoring to head up all things in Christ.
He is working to bring every item in the universal collapse back to the headship of Christ. As we have seen, the first step is for God to bring His chosen ones, His sons, out of the collapse and to place them under the headship of Christ. Thus, the church life must be a life of being headed up.
God is heading up all His chosen ones to be the Body of Christ with Christ as the Head. When the church takes the lead to be headed up in Christ, God has a way to head up all other things.