Reading through Genesis and how God created the Earth, I am reminded of how God put things in order when He created things. He didn’t just put all things on the Earth in one swipe of His hand, which He could have done. He created the Earth and prepared a perfect place for us to live. Many people argue about evolution. I believe in evolution, but I believe it was put in place by the Creator. God created things in a specific order, and placed everything to grow, mature and evolve. The creation of the Earth is a great mystery, but one where all the things God created should be marveled at. The sky, the stars, the natural world around us- He created it all so that we would know there is a creator and we would glorify Him for that creation. People grieve God when they worship created things over the creator.
In India, people worship the sun, rocks, trees and other created things. The one thing we observed while living in India was that Hindus worshiped the Ganges River. It is regarded as most Holy by Hindus. In most of Asia, people worship created things over the Creator- God. It would be the same thing as an artist who paints a masterpiece, but then people marvel and elevate the masterpiece over the artist, actually even forgetting the artist all together. The work of art did not create itself- it was created by someone. Same with the earth- it did not create itself, it was created. And if you believe it was created, you have to believe that an all powerful being created it. We can marvel at the things created by God, but when we elevate them over God and give those things our worship, we give credit to the created things over the creator.
Out of all the living things God put on the earth, His most special creation was people. He made us to think and to grow and to rule over the all the living things on the earth. He put us in charge of the place he prepared for us to live. We are the only one of His creations that God made in His image- that’s pretty special. Think about how God ordered our bodies, and how all things within work together to keep us alive. It is hard for me to think that I am an accident, and that all my parts together were thrown together and came together by chance. God created our bodies as living temples to Him. He created men and women to compliment each other. When He created Adam, God saw that He had no helper like all the other animals, so He created Eve. Isn't it nteresting that God took a rib from Adam’s side, not his head or his leg or foot, but out of his side. It symbolized the equality between men and women. He created man first, and set up that men should be leaders within the household, but men and women were created to live together as compliments- a perfect fit for each other as equals.
After God created man and woman, he blessed them and told them to go out and go to work- rule the earth and multiply. Notice that God blesses them first. It is an example that we should never go anywhere without God’s blessings. If we go out on our own, we will survive, but not thrive the way God intended.
God also set up a day of rest- the example for us that we should rest from work for at least one day of the week. Why not? God made our bodies to need rest, and when God rested, He set up that day, at least one in the week, for us to rest our bodies from work, and rejuvenate. Praise God for at least one day of rest! Then God gave Adam some instructions- not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. God basically told Adam not to rebel against Him, and if he did, he would suffer spiritual death and separation from God.
I love to read about the creation of the earth and give God glory for all He created. It’s the reason it was all created- even us. To glorify God.
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