Throughout Genesis 1, two phrases are repeated over and over, "Then God said" "and it was so". God speaks and what God says happens exactly as God said. The first chapter of the Bible tells me everything I need to know about the origins of the earth; it tells me how, when, and by whom the earth was made. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Then God said... and it was so. In the beginning, whenever that was, a few thousand years ago or a few billion, it was in the beginning that God created everything by the words of His mouth. That is all that the Bible tells me in terms of dates of creation, and that is all I need to know. Science can claim, apologists can debate, but the reality is that all the Bible says is "In the beginning God created... Then God said... and it was so."
However, these verses tell us more about God than simply how He made everything, it speaks of His infinite creativity. God is the one who made light so blinding. God is the one who created the sound of water falling over rocks. God is the one who created the colors that fill the earth, every color in my daughter's box of 120 crayons, as well as the countless other varieties in the universe, originated from the mouth of God. God invented color. 'The way a rose smells and the scent of a pine forest, came from the mouth of God. The taste of an apple, the way the juice of a peach feels running down your chin, all from the mouth of God. The way orangutans look, the way squirrels act, the way ducks walk, the way a wolf sounds, all of that came from the mouth of God.
Everything that was made came form the mouth of God. God spoke our universe into existence, thinking up everything that fills it. I had a teacher in high school who offered an extra credit assignment that would allow you to not do any other work for the rest of the class, it was impossible and no one even attempted it, create a universe that involves nothing found in our universe. He told us that it was impossible right after he offered the assignment. I think his point was to give us a glimpse of God's infinite creativity.
Everything you see, every color and shape, came from God.
Everything you hear, every sound and the various volumes and tones, came from God.
Everything you smell, every scent and fragrance, came from God.
Everything you taste, everything sweet, salty, or savory, came from God.
Everything you touch, every texture, came from God.
God is infinitely creative, we've only gotten a glimpse of one small aspect here and now, and as amazing as this world is, it's been tainted by sin. Imagine what fruit tasted like in a perfect world; imagine how flowers smelled before creation was cursed. I feel that my words don't do this justice, and in all honesty they can't.
Let us begin to see the world in a new way, realizing that all of it came to be by the words of God. God is infintley creative, and He has the power to bring His creativity to life...
Fight the lion, 1 Peter 5.1-11
TO GOD ALONE BE THE GLORY!
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