in the beginning – Larus Press

I’m exploring Genesis to learn GOD’s point of view. Today I discover: Another Day!

To the best of my ability, this is GOD’S STORY: His Word considered….

“Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth”; and it was so.” (Genesis 1:11)

How enthralling! Did the LORD GOD inhale and smell the grass and flowers, trees and plants? How excited was He at what came forth from His lips and before His eyes? Did He envision every detail or did His nature progress spontaneously from cell to finished product of its own volition once He created it?

Did each person: Creator, Son, Spirit, know what was to develop or was one surprised by another’s Creation at any point?

To imagine GOD’s Creativity, His personality, His engagement is extraordinary, isn’t it? Of course He wasn’t surprised in the sense that He is all-encompassing, all- powerful, all-knowing. Just as He watches over us, so too He watched over His Creation. And yet, it is amazing to contemplate How He Created!

We are His workmanship

We can be so “confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ” (Philippians 1:6)

His work in us is never finished. We get in the way of His good work so often, but did the Creation oblige? Surely it did!

And so, it was Another Day! Day 3 and it was good!

Now its our turn

Let us be creative — creating our sphere of reference, our perspective, our attitude… to:

Dwell on His goodness, His creation, His life-giving power.

Accept His leadership and surrender to His power, again.

Feed on His faithfulness, endure His challenges, know He is good, life is good, His creation is good and all is for your benefit.

“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” (Joshua 1:9)

Larus Press with the blog stream Preparing the Bride is all about enabling us to be ready for Jesus’ return, preparing also for all He has in store for us in the meantime.

How do we prepare as the Bride of Christ? One aspect is to learn GOD’S STORY. Piece by piece, and peace by peace, we learn to walk as He has walked. And we learn His perspective.

Here at Preparing the Bride, I’m telling GOD’S STORY. Presumptuous?! Not when simply looking at scripture, because scripture is the unfolding of God’s story to those who read it.

GOD’S STORY Part 16 His Creativity Unleashed

Here at Preparing the Bride, I’m telling GOD’S STORY. Presumptuous?! Not when simply looking at scripture, because scripture is the unfolding of God’s story to those who read it.

We look at GOD’s character and in the very first chapter of His story the Bible, we discover His creativity unleashed…

How do we prepare as the Bride of Christ? We learn GOD’s Story. Piece by piece, and peace by peace, we learn to walk as He has walked.

What was GOD thinking when…

“The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of GOD was hovering over the face of the waters.” (Genesis 1:2)

‘So much potential!’

Is that what He was thinking? There was no form to the earth, but a blank canvas. There was space, there was darkness, there was a deep, there were waters. The Holy Spirit dwelt above. That’s all there was… Until we read of His creativity unleashed!

What could be done with this earth?

From GOD came the Creation, starting with two entities: the heavens and the earth. But did He know in detail what He’d create? Or was He playfully speaking and spontaneously creating?

I suppose there were already other planets or would be other planets, given they exist now. How would this earth be unique from all the other planets?

GOD created. At first, at the very beginning, there were heavens and there was earth without any sort of form whatsoever. And then: GOD spoke form and life into the earth. He then spoke light. Then He spoke life to many forms.

The impetus behind Creation

GOD is creative. GOD is alive. GOD is expressive. It seems the vastness of the heavens and the earth was too great to allow it to exist in a state of nothingness. There was too much canvas to ignore!

And so GOD created a wonder. He created a planet that had life! He put Himself into the planet… and gave it life. He was no longer an observer but became a part of the story of humanity. He created the habitat…. and then He created life for the habitat, first plant life and then animate life. As part of GOD’s self expression and as part of the story about GOD, this truth reveals a great deal about Him.

In creating the vastness of the universe, He decided to put some of Himself into it.

This is what the earth is: a manifestation of life that mirrors GOD the Creator Himself. The culmination of it all life is Man.

“So GOD created man in His own image; in the image of GOD He created him; male and female He created them.” (Genesis 1:27)

Surely He looked upon all of it, at the end of Day 6, and marvelled!