In The Beginning (A New Creation)

As I enter this new year, I am reminded of the infamous “New Year Resolutions” that are typically made and not always carried out.  We all start the year off wanting to improve ourselves and make better life choices.  Some of us have success while others have little or none. 

As I sat and thought of all my personal  issues I would like to resolve this new year, I envisioned myself standing in front of a huge chalkboard, wiped clean, with a piece of chalk in my hand.  That vision led me to imagine what God was up to “In The Beginning”. 

When we think of The Creation Story, it always begins like this: “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth…”  When we think of that statement on its own, it could be assumed that God was suddenly bored with His infinite existence in a dark, lonely world and decided to pass time by making something out of nothing.  Please know, I do not pretend to know the mind of God however I would like to believe God’s creation was more than just something to do to pass time.

Proverbs 8:22-31 helped shed some light on the subject for me.  The first thing God brought into existence was not the heavens and the earth as we had been led to believe.  It actually caused me to have a “Uh Huh!” moment upon reading this scripture.  Just like I had imagined myself as the master of my life and stood in front of that chalkboard to re-create my life, I began to envision The Creator also standing in front of a chalkboard, pondering what He would create and the effects of His actions.  The first thing God brought into existence was WISDOM.  Before He created a single thing, He crafted it all in His imagination then set out a plan prior to performing any other action.  If I put so much thought into my actions before I carried them out, I may not even have to consider any New Year Resolutions because I would have done it correctly the first time using the first and greatest of all creation!

Now after God came up with His master plan, He carried out that plan and IT WAS GOOD.  After each work day, He marveled at His creation and declared each one, from the largest to the tiniest detail “good”.  God and His wisdom ultimately created something out of nothing.  Not just something ordinary, insignificant or spontaneous.  He created something new, original and extraordinary!  Though humans attempt to imitate God by formulating scientific theories and experimentation, we can never create something that can top God’s craftsmanship.  God performed the impossible by creating SOMETHING out of NOTHING.

With all that in mind, when I step up to that chalkboard with my chalk in hand, I know I will carefully plan my resolutions with wisdom.  I will keep in mind the effects of my actions to ensure they will give me the desired results.  If after careful consideration, I decide my plan is flawed, I can erase and start over with a new plan rather than make a huge mess on top of a huge mess.  Wisdom is awesome when it is applied to daily life! 

When I was “in the world”, my life was in a complete shambles.  When I accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior, I was born again!  In essence, my messy life was made clean and I was re-created into a brand new person.  It’s like when you were a kid and you received a toy for Christmas that gave you so much happiness and pleasure.  Then one day it became lost or broken or maybe you just lost interest in it.  Then next Christmas came around and you received a toy even bigger and better than the previous one!  It’s the most amazing feeling.  Every mistake from my past was forgiven and God gave me another chance to make better life choices by using His wisdom.  My worst day as a child of God is so much better than the best day in my life as a sinner.  Though I still make mistakes, I strive to be better each day and use the wisdom given to me in God’s word to live a life pleasing to Him.  Since I am so charitable, I take joy in passing on the blessing by spreading God’s love to those I come in contact with each day.  I make it my personal mission to illustrate God’s gift of forgiveness, grace, mercy and unconditional love to those I come in contact with who need it so desperately. 

It is my prayer that if you are not saved, that you become saved and experience the comfort of knowing you are God’s good creation.  And if along the way, you become dirty and broken, I pray you experience the overwhelming joy that comes with being re-created by God’s grace.  Let’s start this new year off right and exercise wisdom before carrying out our plans by doing things God’s way.  After all, He is The Ultimate Master Builder and Father Knows Best! J    

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