Daily Devotion:
Today I am starting something different, I am starting at Genesis, the first book in the Bible and am going through a few chapters at a time to give my thoughts and point out a particular passage that speaks to me. You are invited to go along with this journey.
Genesis 1, 2
The first thing that jumps out to me in the passage for today is that God is the creator. A lot of people often give credit to Satan for the things he has created but it is clear that in the early parts of Genesis, that it is God who is the creator, of course that does not negate the fact that Satan can pervert and misuse God's creation, but we need to remember, the power of creation belongs to God. The epitome, the best of all of God's creation is humanity, the creation of man and women. Of course when looking at the world today one has to wonder what has happened to us as humans that were created in "the image of God?"
Another thing that sticks out to me, a concept often misunderstood is the concept that God rested on the 7th day. I find it a lack of theological thinking that thinks that the word rest means to take it easy. God didn't need rest, God is God. A more appropriate interpretation of the word rest is to reflect. God reflected on his creation and saw it as good. Later on, on down the road we will go over the 10 commandments of which, one is to remember the Sabbath and to keep it holy. I think many people take that day as a literal day, I don't think that is the case, of course I could go into a lot of discussion about the difference between "The Lord's Day," and "The Sabbath." I think our Sabbath, our day of rest is a day we take to reflect on what God has done for us and this world. It may be hard at times but a time to reflect and focus on God and His work in our lives and in our world is an important concept we should all observe.
I also think about in this passage the goodness of God and the indication that He clearly shows that even though Adam walked with God, he was still lonely, so he created Him a companion a partner, named Eve. I think here of my own journey of being alone and people often saying things like, "It's okay, God is with you." While they say that, God clearly shows that He recognizes the need of human companionship. He realizes this even though He is God. Yet, so often we often take light the need of human companionship and take light the requests of others for companionship, not necessarily a lover, but, someone to spend time with and be with.
The following is a link to this passage. Tell me, what do you get out of it?
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+1%2C+2&version=CEV
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