Who is God: Genesis 1.14-19

The fourth day of creation points back to the first day. On day one God created light, and on day four God creates the sun, moon, and stars. God, the source of light, now contains light stars. But something else is happening here, God creates time.

"Then God said, 'Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years'" (Genesis 1.14)

Day and night, seasons, days and years. The earth now had a star to revolve around, and as it revolves the seasons change; as the seasons changes the constellations change. The earth rotates on its axis, resulting in day and night. The gravitational pull of the moon results in tide changes. The sun gives light by day, the moon gives light by night (that's what the original audience thought). The Sun moves across the sky as the day progresses, it's position changes throughout the year. God has created time.

Over the past year the idea of seasons has stuck out to me a lot. A fruit tree does not constantly yield a harvest, that isn't how God designed it to be. There is a season of new life (spring), a season of fruit growth (summer), a season of harvest (fall), and a season of dormant rest (winter) (I'm generalizing here, I know that different plants bear fruit at different times of the year, spent hours figuring out how to maximize my harvest).

In the past few years I've seen that there are times where I am growing, times when I am producing, times when I am harvesting, and times when I need to be resting. I was not made to constantly harvest, and neither were you. You were not made to constantly be producing fruit, and neither am I. God created seasons, and each season has its purpose. There are times where you simply need to focus on your own growth, producing leaves to soak up the sun light and buds that will turn into fruit. There are times where you need to focus on fruit production, allowing your efforts to be fully invested in what you're producing. There are times where you need to focus on harvesting what you've produced, enjoying the results of your work. There are times when you need to simply rest, allowing yourself to recover and heal as you prepare for the next cycle.

This is what God intended, and this is what He created on day four. As we go throughout our days, let us submit to cycle God designed, and let us intentionally live out this pattern of seasons.


Fight the lion, 1 Peter 5.1-11

TO GOD ALONE BE THE GLORY!