Throughout history God’s people have experienced uncertain times when they wondered where God was and how they could survive the circumstances they were facing. They went through famines, pestilences, devastating wars, persecutions and the oppressions of hostile nations. And because of the darkness of their circumstance they often couldn’t see how God was working. But some of God’s greatest work is done in the dark.
Each day we will look at a dark time in scripture and observe how God was working in the midst of the darkness providing life, blessings, miraculous provision and protection for His people.
Read the Story: Genesis 1:1-31
Creation – Gen 1:2
“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. And God said, Let there be light, and there was light.”
Out of chaos and emptiness God created our magnificent solar system. He simply spoke, and it was so. When God speaks everything jumps into proper response; worlds form, life comes into existence, nature obeys, nothing can resist the power of what He speaks.
God is still speaking today, He is at work in every aspect of our lives even those areas that seem disjointed and purposeless. When He speaks the power of His Word causes light to dispels our darkness, and He fills us with life and His creative victory.
Activity:
Tonight, go outside and gaze at the stars and ponder the magnificence of God our creator and the awesomeness of His power that enabled Him to speak it all into existence and to sustain it all by the power of His word. And then listen as He speaks His creative Words to you and the circumstance of your need. Keep a journal of what you feel He is speaking and allow Him to confirm it in the Bible, His eternal word.