I did have the opportunity recently to talk to you about what it means to "believe" in Jesus, the Christ, the Savior of the World, the Son of God. It was a great moment. One of those moments that redeems all the times I've felt like I'm spinning my wheels and getting nothing accomplished. If I get the chance to plant the seed of the Gospel in your ears, and get the privilege of helping you receiving that seed, I've lived my purpose as a mom!
Even though I haven't had the chance to write down what I talked to you about regarding leaning wholly on Jesus to "believe" in Him, I intend to someday. I hope to capture that conversation in writing.
So where to start with this desire to retell the "one True Story" to you? I guess it's fitting to start at the beginning, the Genesis.
- In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.- Genesis 1:1
Genesis means beginning. The Bible is God's story and His story begins with His creation of the universe and people.
To begin with, God wants you to know He already was. "In the beginning God..." the story starts.
God has no beginning and no end. God is eternal. He always is. He is and was and is to come. This is really hard to wrap our brains around. We only know things as having a beginning and an end.
The beginning of all things is God. Nothing exists without Him. Out of God comes life and time and the order of the universe. This is not to say that the beginning of evil is God. God did not create evil. But God did create beings with the ability to choose God or their own way. Out of beings who choose their own way comes evil. So I guess I should say the beginning of all GOOD things is God. The beginning of all evil is God's created beings who choose not to follow God.
All things began when God willed and spoke into existence time, space, planets and stars. God is THE Creator. The fact that something can be made or created comes from the truth that God is the Creator. We make things because God made things. We order things because God ordered things. Things are not just accidentally or evolutionarily created. Created things may have accidents and created things may evolve, but things are not created by accident or evolution.
One does not look at a lot of land and wish to live there and throw a pile of tools, wood, nails, and supplies for building a house onto the spot in a random moment of collision and watch as the pieces systematically, and perfectly join themselves together to form a livable house. It just doesn't happen that way.
Without an intelligent Creator our perfectly joined-together universe and forward-functioning time, not to mention intricately designed bodies, and endlessly creative animal kingdom would not exist. Our design implies a Designer!
You have a God! You were created by a Creator! You were made by a Maker! You were designed by a Designer! You are intended, on purpose, for a purpose! You are not an accident or a chance particle of matter. You are a work of art composed by the Artist of all artists!
