After God created the earth, something happened to disturb its peace. The earth we are introduced to in this passage was in a state of chaos. It was not a state to accommodate all the great things that God wanted to put on it.
It was all water, had no atmosphere and no land for plants to grow or animals to roam.
• Without form - waste, confused, desolate. It means to be in a state where you did not fulfil any useful purpose.
• Void - empty, blank, unused. It means to be unoccupied.
• Darkness - unilluminated, obscure, vague.
The state of chaos that the earth was in did not imply that God did not create it. We learn in verse one that God created the earth.
In addition to the fact that the earth was created by God, it had the Spirit of God hovering over it.
The Holy Spirit was actively present on the earth. What does that tell us? It tells us the simple truth that, it is possible to be born of God and impacted by the Holy Spirit and still has your life out of order.
Order is the state in which everything functions productively in its divine and proper place. Simply speaking, order is 'To set things in their right place'.
God's first task on earth as recorded in the first chapter of Genesis was to bring order into a chaotic earth. That should also be our commitment as we begin this New Year.
Indeed, it should be our commitment throughout the whole year. May the Lord order your ways this year.
Prayer: Lord, please bring order to every chaotic condition in my life.
Scriptural Reading: Genesis 1:1-5
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