September 1 – Universe

September 1 – Creation
Genesis 1:1-26

We have a birthday for the creation of our country. There are fireworks, vacation days, celebrations everywhere across the US.  As Americans, we love that day.

Don’t you think it would be a great idea to set a day aside to celebrate the creation of the universe?  Ok … it was an idea.  And as I chuckle and snort a little about it, what a grand way to set off a debate again about creation versus evolution.  I’m not going to do that, so … skip it.

In the beginning, God created …

He created!  He created everything.

Wait.  It just occurred to me, we do have a day which celebrates creation.

Consider this … we don’t celebrate the day on which we were conceived, do we?  We celebrate the day when we are complete … when we are completely woven together and brought forth to live.  That’s the celebration day.

God completed creation.  He brought it forth and he called it good.  Everything that He had created was good.  Then, when it was finished, when it was completely woven together and life had been brought forth, he celebrated.  He rested. He blessed that day. He made it holy.

We celebrate that day of rest.

Tomorrow morning, when you wake up, take a moment to Praise God for His creation.