Genesis 1:1-26
God started it all. It was his idea and his word that created the world. He didn’t do it accidently, half-heartedly or unwillingly. He didn't make the world because he was lonely or because he needed worship. God is a completely self-sufficient community of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Yet, God desired us. So, he created the world with his word of power.
Over Lent, we are reading through the great themes of Scripture. The Bible is a collection of books, covering 4000 years, but it tells a common story – the story of salvation. It is a story of great recovery, as God rescues his people from sin, death and slavery. However, the story begins with God. God knew what he was getting into when he created you and me. And he made us anyway.
God wanted to get into this messy business we call life – and he kicked it off because he loved us, before we were even here. So, if we are discouraged, anxious or fearful, we can be reassured that God knew what he was doing when he started it all.
And it began good. We know that since then it isn’t always good. But it started good and it will be good in the end too.
Prayer: God, thank you for beginning. Thank you for making this world. Thank you that no matter how difficult things get, you gave us an enormous gift simply by creating us in a good world. Thank you that your vision of good will never fail. Amen.
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