And God Said

Gen. 1:1

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

 

This year I am using the Discipleship Journal reading plan as my guide for reading through the Bible. The plan reads from 4 different locations each day, one of which was Gen. 1-2. Since this is the first day of 2013, I think it is only fitting that I think about Genesis, the book of beginnings. As I read Chapter One, I was reminded of the great power of the Words of God. Before God spoke, there was nothing. The earth was without form and void. All was covered in darkness until the Spirit of God hovered over the waters.

 

Then with only His words all life came into existence. And God said is repeated 10 times.

• And God said-light separated from the darkness
• And God said-an expanse in the midst of the waters, heaven
• And God said-dry land-earth and seas
• And God said-vegetation
• And God said-sun, moon, and stars
• And God said-living creatures in sea,and creatures in the air
• And God said-beasts of the earth
• And God said-man made in the image of God and given dominion over the earth and all life on the earth. He merely used the dust of the earth to form man and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life.
• And God blessed them-Be fruitful and multiply and fill up the earth
• And God said-I have given you plants for food, animals to subdue
• And God saw-everything was good, very good

In only 6 days God had put all life into place. When God saw what He had done, He could only say, It was very good. Since His work was finished, God rested on the 7th day. Then God formed a garden for man and placed him it it with very specific instructions. Man could eat of every tree in the garden but one, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

• Then God said- It is not good for man to be alone so He made man a helpmate. He caused the man to fall into a deep sleep and took one of his ribs. From that He made woman.

These two chapters reinforce to me the great power of the Word of God. For the Word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And no creature is hidden from His sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account. This is my life, living in and through the very Words of God!

 

Father,

Give me a heart of wholehearted obedience to your words. Give me faith to believe and courage to act on what You say.

In Jesus name,

Amen