Devotion:
Read Genesis 1:1.
Our passage for today is rather short, isn’t it? But in it, the writer communicates a fundamental truth to us that it was God who created all we know and are. The second chapter of Genesis gives us a dramatically different creation story with one marked similarity to the first one -- it was God who created all things.
As I began to study the physical laws of science in more depth, something happened to my spiritual thinking. The laws of conservation of mass and energy and all the formulas and relationships that explain how things work totally fascinated me. I began to wonder, “Where is God in this?” Science seemed to explain everything, and I was troubled by that. Knowledge is a good thing, but wisdom is even better. It took some time for me to realize that God did not create a totally random universe. God created in ways that are repeatable, and God’s wondrous creation can be more fully understood as we learn and discover the underlying laws and relationships God beautifully wove into creation.
God continues to create as human beings discover truths of God’s creation and develop new things. Our latest cutting edge technology is based on the principles and relationships God created “in the beginning!”
Personal Worship Option:
Reflect in your prayer time on the wonders of creation. The seasons have changed again. Buds appeared on the trees, then came colorful blooms, and now trees are in full, new green foliage. Pay attention to the beauty of God’s creation today and enjoy it.
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