Genesis 1:1 – “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”

As I read, prayed, and pondered the Word of God today, God became my focus.  God?  Isn’t He always the focus and the subject?  Yes and no.  Genesis 1 was my beginning as I set out on a new journey through the Bible.  God is the originator, designer, creator, and LORD of all.  God’s creation has always been in God’s heart from the beginning.  He designed everything exactly as He purposed.

In Matthew 25:15, we see that the gifts and giftings we receive depend on our ability to handle them.  God never gives gifts beyond our measure.  Therefore, if we recognize His sovereignty and trust Him, we learn to flourish in our gifts and abilities rather than longing for what another has.  Let me be the best me I can be with efficiency.

Created is the word (bara), which means bringing something forth from nothing.   God created out of Himself, and God is perfect.  He created a perfect world that Isaiah 45:18 declares was to be inhabited.  The word “was” (hayetah) means “to become,” indicating progression.  It was transitioning from perfection to chaos and confusion.

In verse 3, it reads “tohu va’ bohu,” formless and void.  How did it transition from perfection to imperfections?  I believe it was the fall of Lucifer as he sought to corrupt God’s design.  He does that in man.  We move from Adam, the perfect man, to Adam, the fallen man who passed on iniquity to his posterity. 

In the Gospels, we see Jesus, the perfect man, restoring mankind to God, enabling us to be transformed into the restored place Adam knew.  It is by the blood.  If we are in Christ, we are new creations being transformed from formlessness and voidness to completion in Jesus.  In Him, we are one with God and more than conquerors!  Let us embrace His work and be who we are created to be!

May the God of Peace guard and guide you each day!