the Fourth Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 1 of 5
Genesis 1:20-31
A pendulum testifies to the skill of the clockmaker who has made it. In the same way "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handiwork" (Psalms 19:1). "Behold the fowls of the air . . . consider the lilies of the field," invites the Lord Jesus (Matthew 6:26; ; Matthew 6:28). Alas, how many people remain blind to these beauties of nature not knowing how to discern "his eternal power and Godhead" (Romans 1:20). Unbelievers have sought to substitute their theories, particularly that of evolution, for these very clear verses. But do not fear; neither speculations of the human mind nor geological discoveries will ever shake even the least of these divine declarations. Let us remember that in these spheres it is not science which can teach, nor intelligence which can understand. It is the Word which teaches and faith which understands (read Hebrews 11:3).
What a contrast there is now from verse 2. There where darkness reigned, God has made the light to shine. From a scene of desolation, He has made an ordered and habitable world. But the earth is still empty. And "God himself that formed the earth . . . created it not in vain" but "he formed it to be inhabited" (Isaiah 45:18). By a last sovereign act, He creates man and makes him in His own image, that is to say, His representative, head of all creation.
