“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever”
Psalm 73:26
God’s process in creating the world follows an interesting pattern.
First, God planned what He wanted to create. Second, He
decided what kind of material substance He wanted His creation to
be made from. Third, God spoke to the substance from which the
thing was to be created and, fourth, exactly what He spoke came
forth from that to which He spoke.
Thus, when God wanted to make plants, He spoke to the ground,
because that is the material substance from which He wanted them
to come (see Genesis 1:11). When He wanted to create animals, God
again spoke to the ground because He had planned for animals to be
made of dirt (see Genesis 1:24). Fish came forth from the sea when
God spoke to it (see Genesis 1:20). The sun, the moon, and the stars
appeared in the expanse of the sky when God called them into being
(see Genesis 1:14-17). Everything came forth when God spoke to a
material substance, in accordance with the plan He had developed
before He spoke the world into being.
When God created human beings, He spoke to Himself. You
came forth from God because God planned that human beings
should be spirit even as He is Spirit. Too many people never discover
God’s purpose for creating them. They look everywhere but to God
for the meaning of their existence. Their lives are unfulfilled and
their potential is wasted. God looks at them and bemoans their loss:
“If you only knew who you are. If you only knew what you can do.
If you only knew why I gave you life.” Perhaps that is God’s attitude
toward you.
Remember, few things are impossible when they are tackled
with diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength,
but by perseverance. God created you with potential. He waits to see
what you will do with the remarkable gift He gave you.
Too many people
never discover
God’s purpose
for creating them.
