Good morning to all on this beautiful Sunday morning. Waine and I are in Thomaston today! A shout out to all the Dad's. Happy Father's Day. My last post was on May 1st. We have been running around trying to get our new site up and running. The opening day is tomorrow so please keep your prayers coming. It is all in God's timing so when God's gives you a vision he also gives you provision, so I have no worries. This is God's project and as Waine and I continue to be faithful to His plan and vision we will be blessed--we will enjoy God's ZOe for our lives. I am going to embark on a study of Genesis. Most people call the book of Genesis, the creation story. It can also be considered the Book of Opportunities. All of us, as Christians are provided Opportunities to exercise our will to be aligned with that of the Father. So where do we go wrong. I want to find out. Thanks for joining me.
Genesis 1-31 "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so. The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.
And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.” So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.
And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” So God created mankind in His own image, in the image of God He created them; male and female He created them. God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so. God saw all that He had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day. " Amen and may God add a blessing to the reading and hearing of His Word.
And God saw that it was Good! What strikes me about this passage is the recurring themes of:
- God having a thought.
- God speaking the thought and bringing the thought to life with form.
- God evaluating the results of His thoughts.
- God judging that His thought was Good.
- God concluding that thought on a good note.
Talk about speaking Truth to Power! In every instance in this chapter God had a thought. He probably had many thoughts on each day, however His thinking was methodical and always had a good purpose. He didn't just speak, He spoke and His Words had creative power. He then evaluated His thinking and speaking and judged that both were good.
I have heard many theologians, many Christians speak of this concept of "what a man or woman thinks, so is that person who then will bring things to past". What God was thinking was born out of love. He was in a CREATIVE mood. I have no doubt there were many universes ahead of our; there were beings called angles; there were many galaxies with stars, moon, suns. There was the essence of life in God and out of this essence One Day the First Earth Day, He created something other than the Heavens and called it Earth. Hallelujah. God saw fit to create "Earth" and in so doing did not want it to remain formless and void so set to work on the next succeeding 5 days to create the Earth as we know it.
On days 2-5 He began to organize everything that Man would need to be sustainable. He created the atmosphere and populated it with heavenly bodies to give us sustenance both during the day and during the night. God then populated Earth with plants that not only maintained our atmosphere, the plants provided nutrients for what came later--animals of all varieties that lived on the land and sea. God saw all this working well and called it GOOD. God didn't move to the next phase until He saw it was good.
He then created US. He made sure we had all we needed before He created us. He gave us dominion over all He created prior to the 6th day because He loved us. He didn't say we had partial control. God gave us complete control. Now if you reflect on this concept of complete control, when does someone give you complete control. When they trust you unconditionally! God knows no other way to love us other than unconditionally and through that unconditional love, God created Earth not for Himself but for US!
What kind of love is that? He didn't have stinking thinking--He had powerful, uplifting, creative thinking. I have been searching for that creative, unconditional thinking lately. I have had it in the past and know when I am in sync with God's thinking. I have been mired in challenges that I have had to face daily. I have been mired because of my THINKING and on this day I have seen it has been my thinking and not my circumstances. Instead of speaking truth to power I have been trying to resolve these problems myself. Creating my own timing and not relenting to God's timing. When I am not aligned with God, chaos reigns and that is allowing Satan to rule. God, has demonstrated in this chapter that He is a God of order and God of Good. He delights when we are in sync with Him and can say with us "IT Is Good". Hallelujah. God and chaos cannot exist in the same space and time. If chaos is present it is because God has been excluded from the throne in your life by your free will.
If your day is not ordered today. If you feel you are in chaos, then go back to the beginning and evaluate your thinking. Turn your attention to God and allow His thinking to take over. Just be quiet and if you don't know what to say or do, just keep saying "God you are Love and you are Good. Thank you for the Goodness in my Life and thank you that Good things that will happen to me and for me today!" Amen and Amen.
Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! You are Blessed today. Experience the ZOe of God.
Stephanie
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