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“Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love Him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,” Deuteronomy 7:9 (ESV)

Familiar passages of scripture can convince us that we know the story…we don’t need to read it right?  Wrong.  Our Bible Study this Fall is “Seamless” which weaves the beauty of God’s redemptive story from Genesis to Revelation.  So this weekend, I was planning to excuse some Genesis reading because I knew the story.  But God drew me to His words, and I was captivated by all He showed me.  Things I would have missed if I had settled for familiar.  Things I would have skimmed over if I hadn’t slowed down.

I didn’t have to go far before God caught my eye.  Genesis 1 details the beginning of creation.  The transforming of nothing into amazing something.  The hovering of His Spirit  over that nothing, void and empty. God speaking and it becoming our world full of beauty and wonder.  As I read through those words I had read far too many times, I settled on this phrase “And it was so.”  In other words, God spoke and it happened.
Don’t know about you but I need to be reminded of His power to speak over my life. This Jesus girl desperately needs to be reminded that God’s Spirit hovers over empty.  He transforms all our nothings into absolutely amazing. I need to remember that He is the Faithful and True One.  I need to cling to the promise that what He says does happen.  We can count on God to deliver. We can know without a shadow of a doubt that He created us.  We can reflect on His finishing words:

“And it was so.  God saw all that He had made and it was very good.”  Genesis 1:30b-31

Sweet place to rest our minds this week – we can trust God to be more than enough for all that we need. All He has to do is speak and it will be so.  Nothing is too hard or impossible for our mighty God (Luke 1:37).  But if He chooses to speak in a way that disappoints our plans, we can always trust that He makes it all very good for His glory.

“Father, we are truly in awe of your power and majesty.  Love the sweet reminders that Your Word is fresh and new every day – leaving familiar behind.”

For His Glory

Janet Martin
TRBC Women’s Life