In Genesis 1:1-3
, at the very start of the Bible, we see God created the world out of nothing simply by speaking. God is so powerful and has made everything in a good order. We can appreciate God’s power when we think about the complexity of the world and the human body.
On top of making the world, God controls what happens in the world. He even controls things like which nation lives where and for how long (Acts 17:26), how the birds and flowers survive (Matt 6:25-34) and the amount of hairs on your head (Luke 12:6-7). And he makes and controls all things for a purpose: that we might see what he has made and seek after him, to try to connect with God. And the only way we can connect with the God who made everything is through Jesus, who died, rose again, and will return to judge all things (Acts 17:31).
So what might this mean for us? Firstly, we should appreciate the world a little more. All of us busy modern people move so quickly we rarely slow down to appreciate God’s world, which is so beautiful. Secondly, we should appreciate God more. We have a God who is powerful beyond imagining, who cares for the people he has made, and who has the power to respond to prayer. Finally, thinking about the world should make us want to find out about the One who made it. To do this, we need to look beyond the world to the Bible, where God tells us about Jesus and how we can connect with God.
(Based on Bible Cafe teaching, Friday Night the 12th of February 2010).