God's Creation

Application:

We can praise and worship God for His wonderful world and for making us like Him.

Text:

Genesis 1:1 to 2:2

In the Beginning:

In the beginning there was God, but God Himself did not have a beginning. He is eternal and that means He always was, and always will be. But, everything on the earth and in the sky had a beginning. At first the earth that God had created was in total darkness and there was no sky, sea, animals or people.

Day One:

And then God spoke, "Let there be light." At the command of His voice, light appeared out of the darkness. God saw it was good and said, "When it's dark it will be called "night" and when it's light it will be called "day".

Ever since that first day of creation, we have had day and night. God was thinking of how we would need hours of light so we could play and do our work. He gave us the darkness so we could rest and sleep.

The evening came and the night passed and then it was morning again, and that was the first day of God's Creation.

Day Two:

On the second day, God spread out the vast blue sky and caused a vapour to form above the earth. "That looks very good!" said God happily and the second day was finished.

Day Three:

On the third day, God looked around and said, "Let all the water be gathered together in one place and let the dry land appear." And when He had finished He called the waters "Sea" and the dry ground "Land". The mountains and rolling hills pushed up and fertile plains came into being at His command. Water flowed down the valleys and from high places to form the rivers, lakes, seas and oceans.

After this God made shrubs and vegetables, fruit and shade trees of every kind spring up all over the land. He covered the slopes and plains with grasses and beautiful flowers. God looked at all He had made and saw that it was looking good! And that was the end of the third day.

Day Four:

On the fourth day, God created the sun and moon, and set them in their places in the sky. He made the sun to light the sky during the day and the moon and stars to shine at the night. He made them to show us the years and seasons of autumn, winter, spring and summer. God looked over all His work and saw that it was good and that was end of the fourth day.

Day Five:

On the fifth day, God commanded, "I want the seas and oceans teeming with life!" Very soon there were millions great whales, sharks and fish swimming happily in the ocean, rivers and lakes. And there were every other kind of water-loving creatures like crabs, oysters, and all kinds of seashell creatures.

On that same day that God created the songbirds, chickens, ducks, eagles, ostriches and all the other birds and sent them pecking, and hopping and soaring through the air all over the earth. God looked at what He had done and it was good and that was the end of the fifth day.

Day Six:

On the last day of creation, God said, "Let the earth bring forth cattle and beasts and creepings after their kind." At His word, every animal of the field, forest, and jungle appeared and filled the land. Lions, giraffes, and elephants stalked the land. Cows, horses, goats and sheep grazed in the grassy meadows. Small animals like squirrels and monkeys scampered about in the trees. God also made dogs and cats. He made lizzards, snakes, flies and ants and many other creatures. God made them every one and saw that it was good!

As yet, there was not one person living upon the earth to which God could show His great love. He not only wanted someone to love, but He wanted someone to love Him back. And so God said, "Now we will make man and they will be like Us. They will rule the fish, the birds and all the other living creatures."

The Lord formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. God named the first man Adam. He was different from all the other creatures because God made him in three parts: body, soul, and spirit. And it is with this precious soul that man loves others and needs to love God.

At first, Adam was all alone on the earth. He loved the Lord very much and talked with Him often. "I will make a help meet for the man," said the Lord and so He put Adam to sleep and took a rib from his side. With that He made a woman, who was named Eve.

This ended the sixth day of creation. God was very satisfied with all He had done. It was very good, it was perfect, and it was beautiful.

Day Seven:

After six days, the whole universe was completed and God had finished His work. On the seventh day God rested and enjoyed looking at all He had created.

God decided to make the seventh day a special day. Yes, God wanted a wonderful world and to make us like Him. He is a wonderful God, and that is why every Sunday we go to Sunday School and Church to worship and praise God! Deuteronomy 32:4 says:

"Oh, praise the greatness of our God!
He is the Rock, His works are perfect, and all His ways are just.
A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is He."

God is Great!

The first breath Adam took was the air God put into his lungs. He was given the very breath of life. From that day on, he was breathing the same kind of air that we do. Let's thank God for the air He has given to us to breathe and for all His creations.

God loves us just as much as He loved Adam and Eve, and wants us to love Him back. So let's praise and worship God for His wonderful world and for making us like Him!

God bless.