Mar 15 - 07 - Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created

the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 1:1

Bible Rank: 7

As we continue through our list of top verses (see www.topverses.com), I'd be tempted to list today's verse as number one!

The first verse in the Bible. From here everything stems. 

·       First -- God is. 

·       Second -- God existed before Creation. 

·       Third -- God was the one who created. 

We could even shorten this short verse and it becomes even more profound. Look at the first four words. What was "in the beginning"? God! Period. Before anything was, God is!

He is first. He is ultimate. He is holy. He is powerful -- powerful enough to create a whole universe. He ... is. "In the beginning ... God!"

And that's the first key to this verse. And our proper response: We worship the God who is (and by the way, created too).

But this verse has a second powerful impact; in fact, it flows from this verse. If God created, then everything else in the Bible is possible -- the healings, the miracles, the parting of the Red Sea, the Feeding of the 5000, the Walking on the Water, the resurrections and The Resurrection. If God created, then nothing else is too hard for God. 

Therefore, believing that God created is a powerful step in faith. (And therefore, it's something that an unbelieving world keeps trying to talk us out of.) But when we submit to the wonder that God created, then we can begin trusting that everything in the Bible is true -- that it truly is his Word. Why? Because if God is powerful enough to create, then he is powerful enough to communicate. Thus, His Word is true. 

That's how deeper faith began for me and for other church leaders that I know. "God, I may not understand all the complexities of creation and I may not understand some of the teachings in Scripture, but I know that You Are ... and I know that this world IS and that You created all. Therefore, my microscopic self will bow it's outsized pride and simply trust in you as Infinite King."

In Christ's Love,

a microscopic guy

(I was the inspiration for

Honey, I Shrunk the Parents)