Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth."
We are very inquisitive by nature. We want to know how things work, when
and where did an action begin, and who was able to put something together in
order for it to work properly. Children like to take things apart to see
what makes it work. My problem was that I could not get them put back together
in the proper manner in order for it to work again.
It is important to have wisdom enough to know the answer when it is presented to
us. The problem lies in being able to accept an answer even when we do not
understand how that answer applies to our question. One such question that
requires such an approach is this: "How did the universe begin?"
Now, there are many answers that have been given and quite honestly most
of them require more faith than the one answer that is true. Some believe that
two great masses collided and from such turmoil, complete order erupted. The
problem with that is it creates more questions than answers. If that is the
truth, then where did the two masses come from? Who or what created those
masses?
We find the answer in God's Word and though we cannot see with our eyes when,
where, and how it happened, the truth makes complete sense. God took nothing
and created this beautiful universe by simply speaking the Word. The God of
order spoke complete order into existence. He did it in an orderly fashion,
creating each step at a time. Before He created man (the final part of
creation), He created all the things that are necessary for us to exist: the
air we breathe, the dry land upon which we live, the sun, moon, and stars, the
grass and trees, and all animal life. Before He created the fish, He created
the water in which they live. The smallest particle known, the atom, is made in
the same order as the largest thing we know, the universe. There is a
nucleus with electrons and protons rotating around it. There is the sun with
the planets rotating around it. I'm certainly not a science nor an
astronomy teacher, but I can see true order in the smallest and largest
creation.
There is only one answer that makes sense and I choose, by God's grace, to
believe it: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the
earth." I'm thankful that not only in creation, but in every area of
life, God moves first whether by physical creation or by the movement of His
Holy Spirit. God moves first and man responds. We will look more at this
tomorrow, the Lord willing. But today, let us seek to exalt our Lord by placing
Him first in all our thoughts, decisions, and actions.