Accomplishing Of God’s Will Not be Based On our Personal Interests.
Scripture: Genesis 1:3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 20, 24
Perhaps as we look at creation we can choose a view, based on God’s statements, whether He
“does it all” in utter sovereignty or if He allows some relational give-and-take with His
creation. Does God keep His dominion, or does He share it with man? Genesis 1:3 says,
“Then God said, ‘Let there be light’: and there was light.” We don’t see any sharing of
dominion in verse 3. Once uttered, the command is immediately fulfilled. Verse 6 is in the
same vein, “… ‘Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the
waters from the waters.’” In verse 9 when God speaks again, the same process is repeated as
He commands the waters under the heavens to come together in one place and dry land to
appear. Verse 14 is the same, “… ‘Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to
divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and
years….” There is no sharing of dominion thus far in creation. Verse 20 carries the same
theme. It is a sovereign declaration and fulfillment for all the creatures and the birds. Verse 24,
“… ‘Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping
thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind’….” So we see in creation thus far
there is no sharing of dominion. It is sovereign, declaratory, and instantaneously fulfilled.
What do you believe about God and His creation?
Prayer –
Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against
thee increaseth continually. Please spend some time on this matter.