Simply Good! Genesis 1:20-23 “And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth” (Genesis 1:22). Several times in the creation story, the Scripture says of each stage of divine accomplishment that: “And God saw that it was good.” A summary is given in Genesis 1:31 where the Bible declares: “And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good”. Previously, the comment had been “good”; now after the creation of man in His image on the sixth day, he reviews His work and says it was “very good”. God’s purpose for us His creatures here on earth is to reflect His incomparable glory, share His joy and life and worship Him in appreciation of His love. We are not to worship things created as the heathen do in deifying the sun, moon, waters, trees, the seas and animals. Nor are we to allow them guide our lives as astrology teaches. When God says in Genesis 1:14, that the sun and the moon be for “signs”, He did not mean they are to serve as our spiritual or physical compass. He simply intended that the planets and stars should serve as signs that point to Him as well as mark the days, seasons and years. The believer should be wary of false astrological theorists who twist these divine purposes. When the Bible says, “God blessed them” in verse 22, it means He delighted in His creatures and bestowed blessings on them. Christians following the footsteps of Jesus, the Son of God, should also delight in nature and its beauty as God did. Each day we wake up, we are expected to bless God for His awesome skills and wisdom in giving us life, which would culminate in eternal life in His Kingdom as a result of Jesus’ redemptive work at Calvary. As believers, we should not contribute to the destruction of nature through sin, immorality and corrupt practices but pray to God to free nature from the deadly grip of sinful men and ecological degradation. When we pray thus, we shall be fulfilling God’s desire that will bring glory to His name. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: ACTS 3 -4 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Worship and reverence God the Creator. Higher Everyday for Youths - Link: highereveryday.dclmhq.org
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 05:05:17 +0000
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