Genesis 1:1 - The Creator God.
Genesis 1:1 (NKJV) In the beginning God
created the heavens and the earth.
INTRODUCTION
Who created God? To ask that question is to
assume there was another creator before God. At
some time, however, we are forced to stop asking
that question and realize that there had to be
something that has always existed. God is that
infinite Being who has always been and who was
created by no one. This is difficult to understand
because finite minds cannot comprehend the infinite.
For example, we can try to think of the highest
number, but we can't do it. Likewise, we must not
limit the infinite God by our finite
understanding. [Life Application SB]
COMMENTARY PEARL
Every picture and story starts with a
blank page. Nothing is on it, and it's yours to do
anything with it. That's exactly what happened when
God "sat down" to create Earth, the universe,
and everything in it. He started with a blank
page. Well, actually, there wasn't even a page -
just darkness and nothing and God too, of
course.
Then He started to create, and it was
exactly what He wanted. Planets spun into space,
stars stretched across the heavens, and galaxy
upon galaxy swirled out into the universe.
All throughout the universe, and here on
the Earth, God shows His creativity to be
indescribably, incredibly amazing! Who else could think up
the spotted, long-necked giraffe? Who else could
put the roar in a lion's mouth and the purr in a
kitten's tummy? Who else could think up stick bugs,
sloths, leafy sea dragons, platypuses, or colorful
mantis shrimp? (Seriously, you need to check these
guys out! They're unbelievable!)
God is infinitely creative - that means
His creativity has no end. And God shows His
creativity in you. You began as a blank page in His
book, and He began writing your story before you
were even born. It's going to be a great one!
Don't believe it? Just check out some of the
amazing stories He's already written for "ordinary"
people just like you - David knocking out Goliath,
Daniel napping with lions, and Esther saving her
people. God's got an amazing story in the works for
you - just wait and see!
Lord, the whole universe shows Your
creativity! I trust that You're creating a wonderful
story for me. [Indescribable by Louie Giglio]
COMMENTARY
BEGINNINGS
Origin of the universe
The Bible does not discuss the subject of
evolution. Rather, its worldview assumes God created
the world. The biblical view of creation is not
in conflict with science; rather, it is in
conflict with any worldview that starts without a
creator.
Equally committed and sincere Christians
have struggled with the subject of beginnings and
come to differing conclusions. This, of course,
is to be expected because the evidence is very
old and, due to the ravages of the ages, quite
fragmented. Students of the Bible and of science should
avoid polarizations and black/white thinking.
Students of the Bible must be careful not to make the
Bible say what it doesn't say, and students of
science must not make science say what it doesn't
say.
The most important aspect of the
continuing discussion is not the process of creation,
but the origin of creation. The world is not a
product of blind chance and probability; God created
it.
The Bible not only tells us that the
world was created by God; more important, it tells
us who this God is. It reveals God's
personality, his character, and his plan for his
creation. It also reveals God's deepest desire: to
relate to and fellowship with the people he
created. God took the ultimate step toward fellowship
with us through his historic visit to this planet
in the person of his Son Jesus Christ. We can
know in a very personal way this God who created
the universe.
The heavens and the earth are here. We
are here. God created all that we see and
experience. The book of Genesis begins, "God created the
heavens and the earth." [Life Application SB]
The simple statement that God created the
heavens and the earth is one of the most challenging
concepts confronting the modern mind. The vast galaxy
we live in is spinning at the incredible speed
of 490,000 miles an hour. But even at this
breakneck speed, our galaxy still needs 200 million
years to make one rotation. And there are over one
billion other galaxies just like ours in the
universe.
Some scientists say that the number of
stars in creation is equal to all the grains of
all the sands on all the beaches of the world.
Yet this complex sea of spinning stars functions
with remarkable order and efficiency. To say that
the universe "just happened" or "evolved"
requires more faith than to believe that God is
behind these amazing statistics. God truly did
create a wonderful universe.
God did not need to create the universe;
he chose to create it. Why? God is love, and
love is best expressed toward something or
someone else"so God created the world and people
as an expression of his love. We should avoid
reducing God's creation to merely scientific terms.
Remember that God created the universe because he
loves us. [Life Application SB]
LINKS FOR FURTHER STUDY
Psalm 19:1, 2 - The Heavens Declare the
Glory of God.
http://www.abible.com/devotions/2017/20170411-1019.html
Romans 1:18-20 - The Revelation of God in
Creation.
http://www.abible.com/devotions/2022/20220318-1022.html
LINKS WORTH CHECKING OUT
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