Probably the chapter I have read most in the Bible is chapter one…right there, literally, “in the beginning…”… the story of God creating. Typically somewhere between Exodus and Leviticus, I lose my gusto for my reading plan that year, and I go off the plan, needing more Psalms and New Testament. And the next year, I start over in Genesis again. So I’ve started over a lot! So I’ve read that first chapter… a lot!
But this morning, as I found myself in the first chapter of Genesis yet again, I stumbled upon something I had not really thought about before….
We are always in need of a fresh beginning, every day.
My typing fingers feel like they can’t catch up with my thoughts here, so forgive me if this comes out messy…
If we know Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we have given our lives to Him. You probably remember that very special moment in your life when you gave your life to Christ. I wish I could sit with you over coffee and hear your story. I would want to know more….so much more…like how is life going since then? How is your heart, really?
Because here’s the thing…there is a daily surrender that God is inviting us into, and I forget that. I forget that He doesn’t just want to spin me around for a dance that one time I gave my life to Him, no, He wants to spin me around and sweep me off my feet every single day! And each one of those days are so special…treasured days…and God wants to dance with us in THAT day…THIS day. We made that one-time decision to follow Christ with our whole lives, (praise God! Salvation alone is so creative and my words don’t have the words for the gift of it!) but He wants us to know that we can make the decision every day to follow Christ with our whole day. Am I making sense today? :)
In Genesis, God shows off His creativity. And yet in His creativity, He creates with such perfect order. The order in which He creates takes expert hands because only the Creator knows how it all needs to fit together. If He had made humans before He made the sun, well, we would all be wandering around in dark.
His order is perfect. His creativity is amazing.
Daughter of Christ, the Creator of the universe is creating something in YOUR life. He knows the order of it. He knows the next step and the next step. He knows how it’s all supposed to fit together. And every day He invites us to ask Him for His help for a fresh beginning…because every day is a new day.
I want to make sure that I am clear…He saves us ONCE…that one-time decision to follow Christ is enough. But sweet one, He invites us to dance with Him….
Every new day. Every new day we can start our day with Him. Every new day we can pray. Every new day we can invite the Holy Spirit into our day. Every new day we can follow God’s perfect lead of our life. Every new day we can trust that He knows the next step and the next step of our life because He created us, as well as each of our days.
Every new day is a precious day that was appointed by God for you personally. God is creative and orderly in and through your life. He is specific with you. He is detailed with you.
The story of God creating the world is a picture for you…
God is creating the beautiful dance of your life one step at a time and in perfect order.
He is creating a beautiful dance for you, dear one. And every new day is a chance to dance with your Savior.
“The steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him.”
Psalm 103:17
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