| Our verse to DATE the Word on January 31 (1/31) is Genesis 1:31 |
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| Genesis 1:31 “Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So, the evening and the morning were the sixth day.” |
| INDEED, it was VERY GOOD! Genesis 1:1 informs us that “In the beginning GOD CREATED.” As He created, He EVALUATED His creation, His work. In verses 4, 10, 12, 18, 21, and 25 we read His evaluation of His daily creation as “it was good.” However, with the evaluation of day 6 in which He creates man and woman and breathes into them we get an evaluation of “INDEED it was VERY GOOD.” Let us take a moment to evaluate God’s 6th-day evaluation. Why did He give a much higher review? What brought about more than an evaluation of it was good to INDEED IT WAS VERY GOOD? Many who evaluate God’s evaluation, believe the difference comes because of the creation of the man and the woman. You might ask what makes the creation of man and woman so different? What makes the creation of humans so special to God? Let’s take a moment and read the following for an answer. Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in OUR IMAGE, according to OUR LIKENESS; let them have DOMINION over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 So God created man in His OWN image; in the IMAGE of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 Then God BLESSED them, and God SAID to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” The words emphasized speak of the difference! We, humans, are made in the likeness – the very IMAGE – of God. And with the creation of man and woman, we have God SPEAKING to His creation. From the very beginning, God had a special and unique RELATIONSHIP with mankind! Thus comes the evaluation of INDEED it was VERY good. What might we take away from God’s elevated evaluation after the creation of man and woman? We should take away the incredible value and dignity that God has placed on mankind. EVERY HUMAN IS TO BE VIEW WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT as EVERY human was created by God and created for fellowship. Even with the fellowship broken because of sin God still wants to see every human reconciled back to Him. His love for mankind extended all the way to a place called CALVARY where His very own Son died for all humans and wants all to be reconciled. We who now know Him personally and have a relationship with Him are to be telling others that God so loves them and that He wants them to be reconciled to Him. Verse to DATE the Word on January 31 (1/31) is Genesis 1:31. It says, “Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So, the evening and the morning were the sixth day.” Friend, you are one of God’s special creations, as is every human. More than “it was good” the creation of man and woman brought “INDEED it was VERY GOOD!” Continue Strong, And remember to DATE the WORD! |