Genesis 1:1 AMPC
IN THE beginning God (prepared, formed, fashioned, and) created the heavens and the earth.
We have God's account of creation laid out in the verse above. It is a simple sentence, yet it has been the subject of several questions and debates. There could have been some form of life on some form of place, but when God chose to initiate his relationship with this earth, he laid out its beginning in the verse above. We have the specific mention of a timeline, the specific mention of an authority and the specific mention of substance or matter. We have a defined territory, a defined timeline and a defined authority. What would these mean to me? First, whatever may be the accepted account of creation, there is no doubt that there is a divine and awesome power who put everything in place. If man evolved from apes, as one of the popular positions states, why have present apes not continued to evolve? How have apes continued to give birth to apes and man continues to give birth to humans, each after its own kind? The fact that the law of reproduction was laid out since this record of the beginning is testament to the creative and sustaining power of the Creator.
If indeed God is the Creator, then all He has made must answer to Him. If the created will find purpose and make impact, it has to find and submit to its Creator. Too many times, we have sought alternative gods and masters, trying to replace the Creator with other created things like ourselves. Unfortunately, if it is not the real deal, it can never be the same as the real deal. Man will keep chasing the dream until he finds and submits to the Creator. Whatever may have gone before now may be terrible or unpleasant, but as long as I am alive, I can go back to the One who is the beginning and the end and ask Him to sort out my life. When he sorts it, everything from there begins to work out fine. God has prepared the earth with sufficient resources to meet my needs. Sin has made man selfish and greedy but it has not changed God's original plan in any way. He has placed me on earth for a reason and a season. I must find out the reason and purise it, even as I prepare for the eternal season with him in heaven. Am I ready for all that is ahead? God's time of favour is here.
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