Our reading for today is the first 50 words from the Bible.
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light.”
I believe these words are the foundation words in all of Christianity. If these words are not true, then nothing matters. I believe these words are some of the most misunderstood words on earth. I believe these words tell us a truth so great that to understand them explains the nature of God Himself.
In fact, the first five words of the Bible are the secret to understanding God’s omnipresence and omniscience. Those are just fancy words that mean, he is everywhere and he knows everything.
Look at those five words again. “In the beginning God…”
These words say that God was here at the beginning. To be more accurate, God was here at the beginning of the heavens and the earth, the universe. God was here the day that man first began. God was here when time itself began. However there is a deep thought in these words.
Even scientist will tell you that nothing comes from nothing, so before all of these things came to be, something had to exist.
Genesis 1:1 tells us that something is God. Before space and matter and time existed, God existed. Since God existed before time, then he is not bound by the laws of time. He told us this in 2 Peter 3:8, “But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.”
He can be everywhere at once. He can hear every prayer, because time stands still for God. He can answer those prayers, because time is not a factor in God’s existence.
I know this requires deep thinking, but if you get this truth then you will understand God’s nature a little better. You will believe and practice prayer on a higher level, because you will believe that God has time for you.
Lonnie Davis