Creator, Father, King #23

The LORD merely spoke, and the heavens were created. He breathed the word, and all the stars were born.

THIS WORLD IS FULL of creative marvels.

Have you ever looked out from the top of the Empire State Building in New York City or crossed the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco? Have you ever visited Nevada’s Hoover Dam, which provides electricity to three states thanks to the 90,000 gallons of water that surge through it every second? Have you ever been to an art museum and gazed upon an original Monet, Picasso, Rembrandt, or van Gogh?

Perhaps creativity flows in your veins too. Maybe you can create wonders of art, technology, or engineering for others to enjoy.

But there’s a catch. To create anything, humans have to start with something:

• a brush, a can of paint, and a blank canvas
• a stack of lumber, a hammer, and some nails
• a rock and a chisel
• a lump of Play-Doh

To build, to make, to create, we must possess prior materials to work with.

But not God.

When God created the universe, he simply spoke!

What’s It Mean?

Imagine having the power to bring the entire universe—stars, planets, galaxies, and all forms of life on earth—into existence with mere words. That’s how powerful God is. He declared, and it instantly happened. He commanded, and it immediately came to be.

Look at what Genesis 1 says:

• God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. (verse 3)
• God said, “Let there be a space between the waters, to separate the waters of the heavens from the waters of the earth.” And that is what happened. (verses 6-7)

And so on. For six days, God used nothing more than his voice—no building materials, no tools, no construction cranes or dump trucks—to intricately craft the cosmos.

That is power beyond human understanding or description! That is the power of the Lord God Almighty!

Now What?

Worship this all-powerful, creative God by meditating on Psalm 33:6-9.

Did You Know?

Theologians refer to God’s work of creation with the Latin term ex nihilo, meaning “out of nothing.”