In the Beginning

From time before time theologians, philosophers and poets have caught glimpses of the wonder and awe of creation and tried to express it in mere words. Awe can be either fear (will the floods come and wreak havoc?) or amazement (how many stars there are!)

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, 2 the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being 4 in him was life, and the life was the light of all people.

Some 13.7 billion years ago, the Universe as we know it flashed into existence. Time, space, and energy became the gifts of existence. The universe expanded and cooled rapidly. Energy condensed into matter, sub-atomic particles, radical new beings with new powers, and they in turn transform into atoms of hydrogen & helium, new beings with new powers. – The Cosmic Walk

Mere ‘words’ are never adequate. Creation is not a static thing. It is continually changing and coming into being in new ways. The first Sunday of the new year we celebrate the awe and wonder of the living and creating WORD of God.

Also we affirm that just as the world is continually being created and recreated so too we have the opportunity to become a new creation in Christ.

John 1:12 But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God.

2 Corinthians 5:17 17 So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!

Come and be filled with Awe. Come and be transformed.