Devotion:
Read Genesis 1:24-31.
This passage is part of a beautiful poetic writing about God’s work of creation. I could not help but go back and read the first part starting with verse 1, as well. As I did that, I noticed something again – repetition. Phrases like “Let there be…” “And it was so,” and “there was evening, and there was morning – the first (and so on) day.” Instead of rhyme, Hebrew poetry uses such repetition, one of its strongest characteristics. Poetry always has deeper meaning beyond the words.
I also notice a sense of order in the way God created. Starting with the most basic of essentials of life, God created light, separated dry land and water, and moved on to living creatures. By the time God created human beings, everything was in place for them to live and to thrive on the earth. Plants, sea creatures, birds, livestock, and wild animals were created to reproduce and sustain life. It is in this state of balance and provision that God created humans in God’s own image. And it was after the addition of humans that God declared it all very good. God planned, created, and intends for us to experience life at its best, living in accordance with the image in which God created us.
Personal Worship Option:
Gracious God, our Creator, thank you for the way you have provided for us. Help me to see better how I fit into your awesome plan of creation and to live in ways that will sustain the earth and its inhabitants. Help me to live in the image in which you created me. Amen.
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