IN THE BEGINNING GOD

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (Genesis 1:1 NKJV)

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 nothing was made that was made. (John 1:1-3 NKJV)

Genesis means beginning. Here we discover the source of many rivers, some crystal, some muddy, which are still flowing through the world. It tells us of the beginning of the heavens and the earth; of the human race; of sin and redemption; of marriage and the institution of the home; of the sciences and arts that have built up the fabric of our civilization; of the existence of the Hebrew race, and of the division of the human family into the various nationalities of the world. All of these cannot be attributed to the originating of God, for with regard to the sin and pain and sorrow of the world, it must be conceded that "an enemy has done this."

In Hebrew the word for God is plural, the verb joined to it is singular, indicating that God is One, but the noun is plural, indicating the mystery of the Holy Trinity. In His earthly life, our Lord asked the Father to glorify Him with the glory that they had together before the world was.

Let's make God in Christ our beginning, the beginning of the book of our life, of our heaven, with its prayer, meditation, and devotion; of our earth, with its practical daily business; of our marriage and home; of our interests and pleasures. Here is the chief corner-stone in which alone the whole building of life can be fitly framed together. Here is the chord of harmony, with which the subsequent oral communication must be consistent. Here is the perfect circle of happiness, in which all that is fairest, sweetest, and strongest must be found.

God is a faithful Creator. What He begins He finishes. He faints not, neither gets weary. You may exhaust the dearest human love, but you can never wear out God. If you have never entered on the divine life, begin with putting God in His right place, as Alpha, the First. If we cry, "Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me." He will answer, "Behold I make all things new." Listen to the divine assurance: "I am Alpha and Omega... the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. He that is athirst, let him come: he that will, let him take the water of life freely."

PRAYER

Heavenly Father, supremely good, You are the beauty of all things beautiful. To You will I trust all that I have received from You, so shall I lose nothing. You made me for Yourself, and my heart is restless until it rest in You. I ask this in Jesus' name, AMEN.

God's Daily Promise

Promise #346:
I have made an everlasting covenant to only do good things for you.

Jeremiah 32:40 (WEB)
and I will make an everlasting covenant with them,
that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good;
and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.