Worshiping Our Creator

I was sitting here trying to think of what to write in tonight's blog entry.

Sometimes I have that slight fear of getting writer's block or that I will just go blank and not know what to say or do.

I think I will just start at the beginning.

We all have a beginning you know.

We were all born into this world.

Throughout our lives we begin different things.

We begin to talk.

We begin to crawl.

We begin to walk.

We begin to go to school.

We begin to have friends.

We begin to drive the family car.

There are a lot of beginnings for us in our lives.

There is One who has no beginning and no end.

That One is our God.

He created the heavens and the earth.

I like reading the creation story.

Sometimes we neglect to read through the book of Genesis and the rest of the Old Testament, but we can still learn a lot from these Scripture writings.

They are inspired by the Holy Spirit after all.

Should we not read them as we read the New Testament.

We can find the creation account in Genesis 1:1-31

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

References for Genesis 1:1

• Cross References

• 1 1:1 - Ps 102:25 ; Pr 8:23 ; Isa 40:21 ; 41:4,26 ; Jn 1:1-2
• 2 1:1 - ver 21,27; Ge 2:3
• 3 1:1 - ver 6; Ne 9:6 ; Job 9:8 ; 37:18 ; Ps 96:5 ; 104:2 ; 115:15 ; 121:2 ; 136:5 ; Isa 40:22 ; 42:5 ; 51:13 ; Jer 10:12 ; 51:15
• 4 1:1 - Ge 14:19 ; 2Ki 19:15 ; Ne 9:6 ; Job 38:4 ; Ps 90:2 ; 136:6 ; 146:6 ; Isa 37:16 ; 40:28 ; 42:5 ; 44:24 ; 45:12,18 ; Jer 27:5 ; 32:17 ; Ac 14:15 ; 17:24 ; Eph 3:9 ; Col 1:16 ; Heb 3:4 ; 11:3 ; Rev 4:11 ; 10:6

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.

References for Genesis 1:2

• Cross References

• 5 1:2 - Isa 23:1 ; 24:10 ; 27:10 ; 32:14 ; 34:11
• 6 1:2 - Isa 45:18 ; Jer 4:23
• 7 1:2 - Ge 8:2 ; Job 7:12 ; 26:8 ; 38:9 ; Ps 36:6 ; 42:7 ; 104:6 ; 107:24 ; Pr 30:4
• 8 1:2 - Ge 2:7 ; Job 33:4 ; Ps 104:30 ; Isa 32:15
• 9 1:2 - Dt 32:11 ; Isa 31:5

3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

References for Genesis 1:3

• Cross References

• 10 1:3 - ver 6; Ps 33:6,9 ; 148:5 ; Heb 11:3
• 11 1:3 - 2Co 4:6 *; 1Jn 1:5-7

4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.

References for Genesis 1:4

• Cross References

• 12 1:4 - ver 10,12,18,21,25,31; Ps 104:31 ; 119:68 ; Jer 31:35
• 13 1:4 - ver 14; Ex 10:21-23 ; Job 26:10 ; 38:19 ; Ps 18:28 ; 104:20 ; 105:28 ; Isa 42:16 ; 45:7

5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

References for Genesis 1:5

• Cross References

• 14 1:5 - ver 8,10; Ge 2:19,23
• 15 1:5 - Ps 74:16
• 16 1:5 - ver 8,13,19,23,31

6 And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.”

References for Genesis 1:6

• Cross References

• 17 1:6 - S ver 3
• 18 1:6 - S ver 1; Isa 44:24 ; Jer 10:12 ; 2Pe 3:5
• 19 1:6 - ver 9; Ps 24:2 ; 136:6

7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so.

References for Genesis 1:7

• Cross References

• 20 1:7 - Ge 7:11 ; Job 26:10 ; 38:8-11,16 ; Ps 68:33 ; 148:4 ; Pr 8:28
• 21 1:7 - ver 9,11,15,24

8 God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

References for Genesis 1:8

• Cross References

• 22 1:8 - S ver 5
• 23 1:8 - Job 9:8 ; 37:18 ; Ps 19:1 ; 104:2 ; Isa 40:22 ; 44:24 ; 45:12 ; Jer 10:12 ; Zec 12:1
• 24 1:8 - S ver 5

9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so.

References for Genesis 1:9

• Cross References

• 25 1:9 - Job 38:8-11 ; Ps 33:7 ; 104:6-9 ; Pr 8:29 ; Jer 5:22 ; 2Pe 3:5
• 26 1:9 - Ps 95:5 ; Jnh 1:9 ; Hag 2:6
• 27 1:9 - S ver 7

10 God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.

References for Genesis 1:10

• Cross References

• 28 1:10 - S ver 5
• 29 1:10 - Ps 33:7
• 30 1:10 - Job 38:8 ; Ps 90:2 ; 95:5
• 31 1:10 - S ver 4

11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so.

References for Genesis 1:11

• Cross References

• 32 1:11 - Ps 65:9-13 ; 104:14
• 33 1:11 - ver 12,21,24,25; Ge 2:5 ; 6:20 ; 7:14 ; Lev 11:14,19,22 ; Dt 14:13,18 ; 1Co 15:38
• 34 1:11 - S ver 7

12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

References for Genesis 1:12

• Cross References

• 35 1:12 - S ver 11
• 36 1:12 - S ver 4

13 And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.

References for Genesis 1:13

• Cross References

• 37 1:13 - S ver 5

14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years,

References for Genesis 1:14

• Cross References

• 38 1:14 - Ps 74:16 ; 136:7
• 39 1:14 - S ver 4
• 40 1:14 - Jer 10:2
• 41 1:14 - Ps 104:19
• 42 1:14 - Ge 8:22 ; Jer 31:35-36 ; 33:20,25

15 and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so.

References for Genesis 1:15

• Cross References

• 43 1:15 - S ver 7

16 God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.

References for Genesis 1:16

• Cross References

• 44 1:16 - Dt 17:3 ; Job 31:26 ; Jer 43:13 ; Eze 8:16
• 45 1:16 - Ps 136:8
• 46 1:16 - Ps 136:9
• 47 1:16 - Job 38:33 ; Ps 74:16 ; 104:19 ; Jer 31:35 ; Jas 1:17
• 48 1:16 - Dt 4:19 ; Job 9:9 ; 38:7,31-32 ; Ps 8:3 ; 33:6 ; Ecc 12:2 ; Isa 40:26 ; Jer 8:2 ; Am 5:8

17 God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth,

18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good.

References for Genesis 1:18

• Cross References

• 49 1:18 - Jer 33:20,25
• 50 1:18 - S ver 4

19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

References for Genesis 1:19

• Cross References

• 51 1:19 - S ver 5

20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.”

References for Genesis 1:20

• Cross References

• 52 1:20 - Ps 146:6
• 53 1:20 - Ge 2:19

21 So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

References for Genesis 1:21

• Cross References

• 54 1:21 - S ver 1
• 55 1:21 - Job 3:8 ; 7:12 ; Ps 74:13 ; 148:7 ; Isa 27:1 ; Eze 32:2
• 56 1:21 - Ps 104:25-26
• 57 1:21 - S ver 11
• 58 1:21 - S ver 4

22 God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.”

References for Genesis 1:22

• Cross References

• 59 1:22 - ver 28; Ge 8:17 ; 9:1,7,19 ; 47:27 ; Lev 26:9 ; Eze 36:11

23 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.

References for Genesis 1:23

• Cross References

• 60 1:23 - S ver 5

24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so.

References for Genesis 1:24

• Cross References

• 61 1:24 - Ge 2:19
• 62 1:24 - S ver 11
• 63 1:24 - S ver 7

25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

References for Genesis 1:25

• Cross References

• 64 1:25 - Ge 7:21-22 ; Jer 27:5
• 65 1:25 - S ver 11
• 66 1:25 - S ver 4

26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,^a and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

References for Genesis 1:26

• Cross References
• Footnotes

• 67 1:26 - Ge 3:5,22 ; 11:7 ; Ps 100:3 ; Isa 6:8
• 68 1:26 - Isa 45:18
• 69 1:26 - ver 27; Ge 5:3 ; 9:6 ; Ps 8:5 ; 82:6 ; 9:6 ; 1Co 11:7 ; 2Co 4:4 ; Col 1:15 ; 3:10 ; Jas 3:9
• 70 1:26 - Ac 17:28-29
• 71 1:26 - Ge 9:2 ; Ps 8:6-8
• 72 1:26 - Ps 8:8

• a 1:26 - Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Syriac); Masoretic Text "the earth"

27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

References for Genesis 1:27

• Cross References

• 73 1:27 - S ver 1
• 74 1:27 - Ge 2:7 ; Ps 103:14 ; 119:73
• 75 1:27 - S ver 26; 1Co 11:7
• 76 1:27 - Ge 5:1
• 77 1:27 - Ge 5:2 ; Mt 19:4 *; Mk 10:6 *; Gal 3:28
• 78 1:27 - Dt 4:32

28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”

References for Genesis 1:28

• Cross References

• 79 1:28 - Ge 33:5 ; Jos 24:3 ; Ps 113:9 ; 127:3,5
• 80 1:28 - S Ge 17:6
• 81 1:28 - S ver 22; Ge 6:1 ; Ge 9:1,7 ; Lev 26:9 ; Ac 17:26
• 82 1:28 - ver 26; Ps 115:16
• 83 1:28 - Ps 8:6-8

29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.

References for Genesis 1:29

• Cross References

• 84 1:29 - Ge 9:3 ; Dt 12:15 ; Ps 104:14 ; 1Ti 4:3

30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.

References for Genesis 1:30

• Cross References

• 85 1:30 - Ge 2:7 ; 7:22
• 86 1:30 - Job 38:41 ; Ps 78:25 ; 104:14,27 ; 111:5 ; 136:25 ; 145:15 ; 147:9

31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

In the beginning we find God.  He has always existed.

He is eternal.  He has no beginning and no end.

He isn't going anywhere.

After reading the creation account I just want to worship the Lord all the more.

He is an Awesome God and creator.

Isn't He worthy of all of our praise.

All that He made was very good.

God doesn't make junk.

When we look at the beautiful telescope pictures of deep space and see the stars, the galaxies, and nebula we can know that God did that.

We are not some weird accident.

God is the Creator of all things seen and unseen.

When we fail to see the truth of who God is we will fail to worship Him as we ought too.

He is God.  We are not.

He is ultimately in control.  We are not.

We are all accountable to Him.

Sin entered the world when Adam disobeyed God and from the forbidden tree.

We are all born with a sin nature and separated from God.

God had a plan from the very beginning to redeem us.

The Lord sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ on a rescue mission to save us from our sins.

Jesus died on the cross for our sins past, present, and future.

What Savior!

Let us praise His name.

Let us worship our Creator and our Savior and King.

Our God is an Awesome God.

Lord,

You are an Awesome Loving Creator.

We thank You that You spoke the Heavens and the Earth into existence.

You are mighty and Holy.

Thank You for saving us from our sins by sending Your Son, Jesus Christ.

We praise Your name.

In Jesus name,

Amen.