Don’t you just love fresh new beginnings? There is something about having a blank slate with no smudges that makes one feel like he or she can conquer the world. It’s like standing on the top of a mountain looking at the other sparkly snow covered peaks around you...peaks where no man has been...no imprints...no dirt...just fresh fallen snow glimmering in the sunlight. You take a deep breath of fresh air and feel its sharpness rush through your nostrils and down your wind pipes, and you just feel "clean all over."You stand there and ponder the awesomeness of this scene from nature and the One who created such beauty...One who was there before the mountains existed, or the sun shone, or the breezes blew.
Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. (Genesis 1:2)Don’t you wish you could have been there---to observe God with His clean slate...to hear Him speak and see the world take formation?
We were not there. Nobody was there, but God. However God knew His creatures would be curious, and so He gave us Genesis -- the first book of the Bible...the story of creation...the beginning of everything that exists. As we begin to read how He created day by separating light from darkness...
- how He created sky by separating the mists of the air from the water of the earth...
how He formed land by separating dry ground from the seas...
and how He planted all of the vegetation...
we begin to get a sense that this Being is some kind of artist!
We look at His slate again and we squint as we see the bright orange glow of the sun.
At night we look up and study the big round moon to see if we can see a face on it. Then the stars start to twinkle around us...and we begin to think this is better than any fireworks display!! Before God is finished creating He:
puts birds in the sky,
cattle in the fields,
- wild animals in the forests,
and fish in the seas. 
To top it all off He decides to make a being in His own likeness and calls this being man, and gives him authority over all the other creatures.
You shout out in ecstasy, "Brilliant!! How did you do it, God?"
He turns, He looks, and He sees that He has made everything perfect. He is pleased with all of His creation, calling it good...very, very good.
Did I say only God was there that week? You need to know that God, the Creator, is three dimensional, and we find that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit were all present together at creation. We know this by what is written in His Word:
God the Father: And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. (Genesis 1:3)
Jesus the Son: For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. (Colossians 1:16 - refers to Jesus - see context)
The Holy Spirit: The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life. (Job 33:4)
All Three: Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground. (Genesis 1:26)
Think about this: we were created in the image of God…perfect…no flaws! Since God is holy, this means we were also created holy. That original nature created in us changed to sinful because of choices that were made by the first man and woman, as we will discover very soon in our study of Genesis. I look forward to when we again shall be made like Him, restored to perfection.
Lord, I desire a perfect heart, holy and acceptable to you. May this study lead me to become once again more like you. Amen.
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