Wednesday, Dec. 10

Wednesday

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.  And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.  - Genesis 1:1-5

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.  - John 1:1-5

People have always sought to trace their origins; In the beginning was a gas cloud, in the beginning was a protoplasmic ooze, in the beginning was a big bang,  But none of these concepts have solved the riddle.  Where did the gas cloud come from?  What caused the bang?  How can you have order, created by chaos, or intelligence created by confusion, or infinite complexity created by chance.

There is an undeniable link between the message of Genesis 1 and what John is telling us in the first chapter of his gospel.  Genesis 1 repeatedly states, “and God said ....” Psalm 33:6 states, “By the word of the Lord the heavens were made....” Verse 9 repeats, “For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.” Psalm 107:20 declares, “He sent His word and healed them ....” God’s word accomplishes the purpose for which He sends it forth (Isa. 55:11). 

There is creative power in the word of God and Jesus is that Word. So when John calls Jesus “the Word,” he means that God has spoken to us and revealed Himself to us in the person of Jesus Christ, the eternal Creator of all things.  Look out at this vast universe - He established it and watches over it!  Look into the complex structure of a cell - He designed it!  Examine the tiny hands and feet of a newborn baby - He formed them!  Imagine how it must have been for Jesus, the Living Word of God, to walk around and look at the flowers, to observe the very life that He created, yet to walk unrecognized by man.  The forces of nature recognized Him.  The wind ceased at His command, and the tree withered at His word.  Joh tells us that man blinded by tradition and prejudice, did not know Him.

Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets,  but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power.  - Hebrews 1:1-3

Jeff Frazier