In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
The earth was created to be beautiful, with great structure and design, and it was spoken into being for a specific and wonderful purpose; for the glory of God. The earth is a profound mystery that was conceived in the heart of our eternal God. It reflects amazing precision, breath-taking complexity, and delicate intricacies. The heights and depths of His creative abilities and the mysterious purpose behind His creation can never be fathomed by the mere mind of man, nor his intellectual scrutiny. Foolish theories on the origin of the universe abound, which only give rise to man’s innate rebellious nature. Nothing can bridge the gap from nothingness to something, from an inanimate object to a self-conscious living being with an eternal soul, a free-will to make choices between good and evil, and a conscience to guide those decisions. The world was spoken into being, out of absolutely nothing. Man was fashioned from the dust of the earth and God breathed life into His creation, and it was so. However, it was not only the visible creation in heaven and earth that was brought into being, as stated by that first verse in the ‘Book of Beginnings’. God’s creative act was the genesis of everything that we know and understand, in the structure of life, and the process of living. Oh, the mystery of His spoken Word, the power of His written Word, the wonder of His living Word, and the grace of the Incarnate Word, our Lord Jesus Christ…He truly is an amazing God.
Spiritual Steve 