God Still Says, “It is Good”
In the first chapter of the Bible, we read about the creation story. It is a simple yet magnificent record of God. He came from nowhere and stood on nothing. Then, He spoke everything into existence by the power of His Word. After creating everything, God created rest. On the day of rest, He looked around at all things and said, “This is good.”
Deborah and I once spent a weekend on Lookout Mountain. From the top, we could see the beautiful and majestic world that God created. The grandeur of the river and woods is a testament to the goodness of God’s creation.
From the top of the mountain, we could smell the smoke of a distant fire. We could also hear the lonesome whistle of a faraway train. Looking at the cities and towns with their busy factories and highways, I realized that this was God’s plan. After creating all things, God turned to man and said, “This is yours to have dominion over.” I believe when God looks at the works of man, He smiles and says, “This is good also.”
Sometimes it’s good to go up on a mountain because the world looks messed up from down here. Wars, rumors of wars, and the wickedness of man make this world look hopelessly bad. But on the mountain, you can see the world as God sees it. He is The Great I Am. He has said, “I am God and I change not.” Because He does not change, His creation is still good. Jesus Christ is the Light of the world, and God the Father still says, “It is good.”
“Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” And God said, “See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food.
Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food”; and it was so. Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.”
Genesis 1:26-31 NKJV
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Douglas & Deborah Huff
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“Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of triumph! For the Lord Most High is awesome; He is a great King over all the earth. He will subdue the peoples under us, And the nations under our feet. He will choose our inheritance for us, The excellence of Jacob whom He loves. Selah
God has gone up with a shout, The Lord with the sound of a trumpet. Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises! For God is the King of all the earth; Sing praises with understanding. God reigns over the nations; God sits on His holy throne. The princes of the people have gathered together, The people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; He is greatly exalted.”
Psalms 47:1-9 NKJV
another great one – seeing God’s order in spite of our fallen mess He is Awesome .