His story of goodness Part 1: Creation

Genesis 1:3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.

Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. 28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it.

As I reflect of God's goodness, I think about Him as Creator. Not only did he create the heavens and the earth, but he created me. I have being because of Him. I am a living soul because He determined it to be. I experience life because He made me. It was a very personable work, not a random impersonal act. Just think about that. Meditate on it for a while. I would never be here if it were not for Him.

Psalm 139:13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, 16 your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. 17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!

His creation of us is described by terms like "knit together", "woven together", "wonderfully made". These are terms that describe careful, intentional, skilled and artistic work. Being created "in his image" bears that out. He has given us the gift of dignity, beauty and worth. Scripture gives us further clues about His act of creating us:

Colossians 1:15 He [Jesus] is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. 17He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

Not only did He create us with dignity and beauty in His image, but He created us with purpose. We were created for Him--for His purpose. Our days are ordained by Him. And His purpose is show us the glory of His goodness and for us to glorify Him for it. He created us to love us as a Father loves a child and to bless us. Listen to the praise of heaven:

Revelation 4:11"You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being."

He is worthy of our worship because He created us with dignity, beauty and purpose. He created us to bless us and love us and see His glory.

This is why rebelling against Him and turning the heart away from Him to other false gods or atheism or unbelief is such an injust and unrighteous thing. Taking the blessed life from God and using it against Him is so, so wrong--it is evil.

blessings,

John