Back to the Beginning

I invite you to today's discussion and I believe the Lord will minister to you as you meditatively go through this post.

Genesis I: 1-2

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And the earth was without FORM and VOID and DARKNESS covered the face of the waters.

Nothing begins with perfection. Be it business, relationship, marriage, ministry or anything that you may think of. I have heard of testimonies of people who started business without really knowing what the outcome will be. God created the heaven and the earth yet His earth was not in the shape He wanted. God did not give up until what he envisioned happened.

We live at a time when people and Christians for that mater are not ready to hold on until their dream comes to fulfilment. Patience is a thing of the past. Many believers are caught in the game of running after miracles. Few are ready to pay the price for their miracles.

We see three issues standing as challenge to Gods mission;

• Without form-Some people put it this way, "I don't feel like it" • Void and • Full of darkness.

I came to discover that these three points are the main challenges to many people. God's earth was without form. No one could be attracted to it no matter what. It was void meaning that there was emptiness. The earth could not attract anything hence the emptiness. On top of that emptiness and formlessness, darkness topped up the confusion.

This is one of the positions many people find themselves in. We all pass through that state of

• Not feeling form so to speak. • Feeling emptiness • Being uncertain of your future.

As we have seen from the above scripture, God did not give up on the earth because it did not measure up to His original picture. He set out to work on it until as you will see the same chapter... He saw everything was very good. Things were not good, admirable shinning and attractive at the start. On the centrally they were discouraging. But God worked thing out until what He had purposed came to fulfilment.

The first thing God dealt with was darkness. Where there is darkness there cannot be beauty. Things do not appeal any more. Marriage, ministry cannot be enjoyable. Darkness increases the void and keeps whatever we do from gaining form. If things are to move in the right direction in outlives, then we must start at the right place. Deal with darkness. God said "Let there be light and there was light".

You will realize that everything needed to make the earth inhabitable was within her. The darkness and the void had covered it. Only light could put everything clear. The next thing which God did was to gather things at their rightful position. Maybe things are not working out for you because issues in your life are misplaced. There can't be land when water and land are mixed together. Sort things out and you will find what you are looking for.

The last thing that God dealt with was the issue of productivity. Remember earlier on; the earth was void and darkness was its cover. This condition cannot permit growth or productivity. Only after they are dealt with can we expect maturity and productivity. God could now say... "Let the earth bring forth... "

If we learn to follow God's method of doing things, we will be assured of victory. Our lives will never be void neither will it be formless. Where the word of God is there cannot be darkness. Growth and productivity is assured if only we learn to eliminate darkness out of our lives.