Digging Into God's Word

    I was digging into the Word of God last Sunday. I decided to start in Genesis. I believe the Word of God is alive and active, sharper than any double-edged sword, and because of this, each time we read it, God reveals new things to us. Hebrews 4:12.

    As I'm reading the creation account, as I have many times before. I'm noticing that everything that God creates is instant. There is no 'loading' time. Genesis 1:3 'And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.' Genesis 1:6 "And God said, "Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.' God speaks, and it is done. Instantly. I started pondering this. I looked over at my hubby, who was playing with Blessing, and shared my thoughts, saying, 'If God could create everything instantly, why did He take a whole week to do it?' He could have created everything in a day. Hubby responded with the idea that God wanted to enjoy His creation and that He had no reason to rush. I suggested the principle that 'Rome wasn't built in a day,' and that there is more to life than just working. Maybe God was showing us that not only are we supposed to rest on the 7th day, which is a few verses down from where I was in this moment, but also demonstrating to us the '40 hr' work week. That we don't need to spend all 24 hours of the day working. To my current knowledge, the Scriptures do not confirm or deny my theory. It simply says that God created the heavens and the earth and everything in them in six days, and on the 7th He rested and blessed that day. I thought to myself that when I get to heaven, I'll ask, then I remembered that I won't care once I arrive there.

    Hubby reminded me that we live in a world that wants to create things and be productive, but the moment a “to-do” list is done, or an object is built, we quickly move on to the next thing. We rarely spend time enjoying the things we created.

    All we know is that each day of creation God creates something, determines that the thing is good, and then it's evening and morning, the next day. Maybe it does take God all day to create each thing, making my theory null and void, or maybe it takes him a second for each item, and then He spends the rest of the day relaxing.

    I don't know. What I do know is that I'm just a girl digging into the Word of God and delighting in God revealing new things to me. Maybe for me the lesson is to not fill every second of my day with work, but to also enjoy the things I have created. Like a nice supper for hubby and I, or enjoying the view of our apartment, clean and tidy. I don't know. All I know is that the Word is alive and active, and my understanding of that passage in Hebrews that I mentioned at the beginning is saying that because the Bible is alive and active that God can and does reveal new things each time we read it, allowing us to grow in our faith and relationship with Him.

    As I was reading, wrestling, and talking to hubby. I thought about how I wanted to write it all down and share it with you, my faithful friend and reader. I also enjoyed a new sense of peace and joy as I dug into the Word and fellowshiped with God and hubby. I know that God uses different verses to touch people's hearts in different ways.

    I say all this because I don't want to lead you down the wrong path or anything. Or say that the Word is saying one thing when it's actually saying another. This is simply what I understood while I read it that afternoon, and I am now feeling blessed by it and wanted to share.

I pray that God reveals new things to you the next time you dig into His Word.

God Bless

~Hannah