Genesis 1:1-2 Acts 17:24-25
Exodus 20:11 Colossians 1:16
Psalm 104:24 Hebrews 1:1-2
Isaiah 44:24 James 1:17-18
Jeremiah 10:11-16 2 Corinthians 4:13
"In the beginning, God." We could stop right there and it would be enough to know that Creator God is worthy of our worship. But God doesn't stop with enough. He is the "More than enough" God; He has no interest in being an "unknown god". As God delivered the Ten Commandments to Moses, He patterned our work and rest according to His own creative schedule. Everything He created is meant to point to Him. He alone made all things--stretched out the heavens and spread out the earth. (And by alone, we mean the Trinity--God the Father, God the Son, God the Spirit. All active in creation! 💓) James goes all the way back to creation to remind his readers that every good and perfect gift comes down from the Father of lights, who is unchanging and unshifting. It is God's own power, wisdom, and understanding that fuels creation, and He is trustworthy.
I do not consider myself creative At All, so I am especially thankful for a creative Creator God. My favorite verses of the day are Jeremiah 10:11-16. I love how he reverses the comparison. The gods who did not make heaven and earth have no staying power on or over what they did not create. WE have no staying power on or over what we did not create. Anything that pretends to be in control over creation--government, "Mother Nature", self--is stupid, shameful, worthless, delusional, and dead. (Harsh I know. That's how protective God is of His Name.) But, NOT LIKE THESE is HE! He makes, He establishes, He utters, He brings forth, He forms. According to this statement of truth, we believe and so we also speak. "O LORD, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures."
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