Scripture: Genesis 1 (condensed)
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. (Day 1) And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. (Day 2) And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water.” So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. (Day 3) And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds. (Day 4) And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth. (Day 5) And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.” So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. (Day 6) And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind.” The God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
Observation:
Genesis 1 is where it all started. After reading these verses can’t you tell that God definitely had a specific purpose in mind when he was designing everything?
God knew what he was doing from the start…there was no guess work involved.
Since God is the creator of the earth and everything on it, it makes sense that the earth and everything on it belongs to him. Have you ever thought of yourself as a guest on God’s earth?
Application:
When you visit someone’s house you treat their things with a certain level of respect and care, don’t you? (If you don’t, you should!!)
God is letting us live on this good and perfect earth he created, so we need to treat it with respect! That means taking care of the land, the animals and the people!
How do you treat what belongs to God? What can you improve on?
Prayer:
Take time to truly thank God for what he has blessed you with!! Spend time enjoying what God created, and make a conscious effort to take care of God’s creations.
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Cody, I think it is so interesting that in Genesis 1, as God describe His creation of plants and animals, He repeats the phrase "according to its kind" 9 times". Seems to me that God wanted to make it clear that each plant and animal was created as a kind. They did not evolve into a different kind. Reptiles produce reptiles and do not become birds do not become cats "given enough time" as macroevolution would claim.
I know this is an old blog, but this is one of my favorite parts of the Bible. It absolutely, positively describes the awesome power of God. No one could ever make this up as it is too perfect and too complicated at the same time. I do believe that God created everything for a purpose, even if it means the physical form itself changes (evolution for the purpose of survival) for the purpose of carrying out His Plan. This does not mean that evolution, in some form, does not exist, but if it does exist, it is because God designed it into his Master Plan. We may not understand it, or be able to explain it, but everything we see, touch and smell was created by God. If we can believe that Jesus was born, lived, walk and died for us on this Earth 2,000 years ago, and God, Himself, PHYSICALLY walk in th Garden with Adam and Eve, why can't we believe the other "stuff" we find like dinosours and other fossils. After all, God created EVERYTHING. We don't necessary need to understand it all completely, we just need the faith of a mustard seed.
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