The Creator

By the word of the LORD were the heavens made;

and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

Psalms 33:6

My husband was telling me about a new car made by Tesler Motors that was completely all electric, non polluting, and just, in short, really cool. I was impressed as apparently are some people who are a lot smarter than me, like the owners of Google. We’re like that though, aren’t we? When we see something new and cool we get excited about it. We tell our friends and families; if it’s buyable and we can afford it, we put our names on a list to buy it (as people are doing for this car). In short it’s exciting to be involved in seeing something really cool being made.

Have you ever taken a moment to marvel at this world we live in? It too is an amazing creation—I’m constantly astounded by the variety of flowers there are in the world, or how about all the trees. . . or on a not so fun note, what about the incredible variety of insects there are? Some of them so small we can hardly even see them, and then again there are those big ugly ones we’d rather not see.

Or have you marveled at the complexity of creation? I watched part of a video that was scientifically trying to figure out what combination of things you’d need to have a planet that sustained life. It was astounding! I can’t remember all the details, but if our planet were a bit closer to the sun, or a bit further away, or if we spun a bit slower, or faster we just couldn’t be.

Or have you ever thought about the complexity of your own body—I read somewhere that one simple cell contains a trillion molecules. And, I’ve heard a single strand of DNA contains more information that the biggest computer. And, I could go on and on, but the point is that we should be amazed by the creation we see around us.

I suppose that’s why all throughout the Old Testament God referred to Himself as the Creator of the Universe. And, interestingly enough, while we can only create our “cool” things from things that already exist (like in the Tessler car where they used things like metal, chemicals, and cloth), God created all this from nothing.

Genesis 1:1 tells us “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” What it doesn’t tell us specifically, but is implied, is what He created them out of—thin air, or more accurately, He created them out of nothing at all. Other verses in the Bible imply this as well. Hebrews 11:3 for instances tells us that “Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.”

And, I don’t know about you, but I can’t imagine anything more wow, than to create something stunning, amazing, complex, and beautiful from nothing at all. . . I suppose it’s just one more reason why I’m awed by our amazing God.