In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
The first sentence of the Bible demonstrates how great God is. There is no introduction to God’s character, or explanation of how molecules were fused together, just a statement of fact; God created the heavens and the earth in the beginning.” So the reader has to stop and think about that. All that I see on the earth was created by God. All that I see when I look up to the sky in the day or night time was created by God.
Not only does the Bible attribute all of creation to an almighty God, but also says that Jesus is upholding and maintaining and guiding and propelling the universe by His mighty word of power. It’s understood, through study, that moment by moment control of everything belongs to God. You may ask yourself, “Considering how busy God is, how can He be concerned about me?” Peter, the Apostle, says we need to cast all our cares upon Jesus because He cares for us. God’s care and interest has always been His people. He loves us, the Bible says, with an everlasting love, and He will never leave you or forsake you.
The heaven and earth we know now will pass away and be no more. God’s original work of creation, the beauty that makes us marvel at God’s greatness and majesty will be gone in an instant, but redeemed men and women will be there in the new heaven and earth because we are the objects of His love. Christ didn’t come to buy back heaven and earth with His blood. He came to buy us back. Heaven and earth, though first in creation, were made to serve us, not the other way around.
Look at your surroundings today and see all the marvelous things that God has made. After doing that, think of the one thing in the world you consider to be the most important in creation. At this moment and forever, The Everlasting God considers you to be of much greater importance than that one thing. He is great because of His unfailing love for us.
Scripture references
Genesis 1:1
Jeremiah 31:3
Hebrews 13:5
Revelation 21
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