FIRST THINGS FIRST (GENESIS 2) GENESIS 2 INTRODUCES US TO A SERIES OF “FIRSTS” THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO US IF WE WANT TO BUILD OUR LIVES ACCORDING TO THE BASICS GOD HAS PUT INTO HIS UNIVERSE. AFTER BLESSING THE SEVENTH DAY, GOD SANCTIFIED IT (V.3) WHICH MEANS HE SET IT APART FOR HIS OWN SPECIAL PURPOSES. JEHOVAH IS THE GOD OF TIME AS WELL AS THE LORD OF ETERNITY. IT WAS GOD WHO CREATED TIME AND ESTABLISHED THE ROTATION OF THE PLANETS AND THEIR ORBITS AROUND THE SUN. IT WAS HE WHO MARKED OUT THE SEVEN-DAY WEEK AND SET ASIDE ONE DAY FOR HIMSELF.EVERY LIVING THING THAT GOD HAS CREATED LIVES A DAY AT A TIME EXCEPT HUMANS MADE IN GOD’S IMAGE! PEOPLE RUSH AROUND IN THE FRANTIC “RAT RACE” OF LIFE, ALWAYS PLANNING TO REST BUT NEVER SEEMING TO FULFILL THEIR PLAN. IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT MOST PEOPLE IN OUR WORLD ARE BEING “CRUCIFIED BETWEEN TWO THIEVES”: THE REGRETS OF YESTERDAY AND THE WORRIES ABOUT TOMORROW. THAT’S WHY THEY CAN’T ENJOY TODAY. RELYING ON MODERN MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION, WE TRY TO LIVE TWO OR THREE DAYS AT A TIME, ONLY TO RUN HEADLONG AGAINST THE CREATION CYCLE OF THE UNIVERSE; AND THE RESULTS ARE PAINFUL AND OFTEN DISASTROUS. GOD HAD DONE MANY WONDERFUL THINGS DURING THE SIX DAYS OF CREATION, BUT THE CLIMAX OF THE CREATION WEEK WAS GOD’S “REST” AFTER HIS WORK. GOD HAS SANCTIFIED WORK AS WELL AS REST, BUT IT’S REST THAT SEEMS TO BE THE GREATEST NEED IN PEOPLE’S HEARTS TODAY. AUGUSTINE WAS CORRECT WHEN HE WROTE,”THOU HAST MADE US FOR THYSELF, AND OUR HEARTS ARE RESTLESS UNTIL THEY REST IN THEE.”
Posted on: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 11:44:40 +0000
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