Daily Dose of the Word of God - Genesis 1: 1-13

Gregg DeMey, Lead Pastor

Transcript

Gregg DeMey  0:07  

Good morning and welcome to Elmhurst CRC's Daily Dose of the Word of God. It's Tuesday, September 2. This is Gregg DeMey, Lead Pastor at the church. Welcome back, or welcome if this is your first time. This year, we are going to be walking through the Bible, engaging with strategic passages from the beginning to the end. Today, we are starting at the very beginning - Genesis 1: 1 through 13. It's my prayer that together, we'll be able to better see the big picture of how God has been and is still working for good in the world.

Gregg DeMey  0:40  

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 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. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.  And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.  And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.  Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so. The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.

Gregg DeMey  2:13  

Let's pray. God indeed, you made everything good, beautiful, well functioning and flourishing in this world that you love so much. Even though those qualities don't hold so true for the current state of the world's brokenness and humanity sinfulness, we praise you and thank you that you are not shy about entering into the mess with us. To work toward restoration, redemption and a new heavens and new earth. Will you meet us in the midst of the mess today? God, through your Holy Spirit and through your Son Jesus, it's in his strong name that we pray, amen.