God's Creation is Good!

April 29, 2019 Monday Message

“God saw that it was good (tov).” from Genesis 1

God created the heavens and the earth, the light and the darkness, the oceans and the dry land, the plants and animals – and at the end of each creation day, He declared that it was “good.” In the original language, the word is “tov,” which can also be translated as “complete” or “finished.”

Apparently the earth and the plants and animals were complete in their creation, and would require no further attention from God.

Humankind is a little different. We are a work in progress, and our time on earth is often described as “progress, not perfection.” We learn to walk hand-in-hand with God, and that’s good and necessary. With God, we are tov, complete. Without God, our lives are vacuous, empty.

I’m reminded of the “Footprints in the Sand” poem. We are walking with the Lord. But when there was only one set of footprints, the Lord said, “That’s when I was carrying you.” That’s when our lives are tov, complete; when we are with God. Apparently that’s God’s plan for humankind – for us to walk WITH Him.

God summarizes all creation at the end of day six: “God saw EVERYTHING that he had made, and, behold, it was tov me’od (very good.)

Norton Lawellin

Jesus in the City Fellowship meets May 5, 2019 at 10:30AM, 3249 30^th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55406. Pastor Pilla begins our journey through 1^st Corinthians.