Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 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.
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You know the story: Day 1: Light and darkness. Day 2: Sky and water, Day 3: Land and sky. Day 4: Day and Night. Day 5: Sea creatures and land creatures. Day 6: Increase, His own image in man and woman, reproductive rights and responsibility. Day 7: And at last rest.
God chose to highlight the universe He was creating by accenting the contrasts of each day. This is His world system: completeness built from contrasts that complete each other. In the beginning there was only “sameness” and then God spoke all of these contrasts into being. Clearly the method God has chosen for His creation to succeed is the ability to see each of those contrasts as part of His complete design.
Today we are challenged by a world less concerned about completeness than it is with identifying contrasts that separate us. The adversary’s god is the sameness that blurs the value of the contrasts God revealed. Our challenge is to remember God chose contrasts, not sameness, to be the elements that would complete His creation and THAT is what He declared good.
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