Going Back To The Beginnings

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
Genesis Chapter One, Verse One and Two.

This post is not much different from some of the current movies being screen, like Captain America, the First Avenger. The movie begins with some agents locating the crashed landed flying machine. Within they discovered the Captain's protective shield and the camera rolls back to the beginnings.

Here too, when all is lost and confusing, we regain clarity when we begin going back to the beginning. Somehow you and I will recapture things better when we look back; when we take time to reflect on history. Some has said that we can learn and relearn our mistakes and make adjustments from His Story.

So this day I did not look back, not way back, but somehow far enough where I thought I was familiar with. I would not go into a discussion with you if God really created the heavens and the earth as it is really a separate long topic where others have ventured into and you could search more other it. Somehow right now you and I witness daily the heavens and the earth in our moment by moment.

As you bring your kids to school and as you drive down the highway, you and I should unconsciously notice the heavens surrounding us and the earth where we live in. Whether it came into being or was created, there they are - the heavens and the earth before our eyes. Each day. From Monday to Sunday. Every day. Year on year.

Words have a close attachment to our experiences and emotions. Words like 'formless', 'empty' and 'darkness'. Don't they bring back memories of days of lostness, confusion, sorrow maybe and being left alone or loneliness. Such are the power of these words and the life that goes with each one of those moments. It was hard moments and maybe hard and trying moments now. Even now.

Then the next few words made a difference. 'the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters' depicts a presence. It brings to light the presence of God's Spirit. Filled in between the spaces of formlessness, emptiness and darknesses, the Spirit of God was there.

Right when you thought you were all alone, God's Spirit was near. Just when you thought you were abandoned, God was with you all along. Sometimes or in fact many times I felt the days of 'formless', 'empty' and 'darkness', I felt left behind. Now, I am reminded that I could call on the Spirit of God - to hear to my anguish, to listen to my thoughts and to bear my load.

It was worth going back to the beginning. I remember reading this account in Bill Hybel's book 'Just Walk Across The Room' where he journeys back to the place where he began his journey of faith. In reflection, he concluded that it was a journey worth taking. In the beginning it was formless. In the end, there were God shaped moments etched into our memories to continue the journey to the end.



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