Order from disorder, fullness from emptiness

Genesis begins: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters."

That scene has played in my imagination for the past several days.

God was before the beginning --before the chaos, the emptiness and darkness.

He was there when those things gave way to order, fullness and light.

And He was there, at the end, when He called it all, "Good."

As it was for earth, so it is for you and me. Are we living in chaos? Is darkness and emptiness a constant, gnawing companion?

God was there before it began in our lives. He is here, now, to bring order, fullness and light. He will still be there when His work is complete in us, to call it, "Good."

"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever," Scripture assures us. And the Lord promised, "I make all things new."

In the beginning, God brought order from disorder, fullness from nothing, light from darkness. And he brought life from the dead.

And He is before our beginning, He is here in our 'now' and He will be with us tomorrow.

Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift.
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