Wed., 1/1/14 Devotion (Gen. 1:1)

Happy New Year!

Today's encouragement comes from Genesis 1:1, where we read these words:

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."

Being is better than non-existence. We should be thankful that God made us, and that He created the rest of the world as well. The creat-ive genius and wonder of God is good news for all of us. But the Lord's *re*-creative work in Jesus Christ, when He regenerates even one dead heart, is a greater marvel than the crafting of all the far-flung universe.

The very nature of reality profoundly changed forever, when God creat-ed the world. The Lord now "shares" existence with all that is; and He has a special eye toward His church, His most amazing creation. Let us love Jesus, the One through whom God created all things.

[Puritan quote of the day: "Morality shoots short of heaven. It is only nature refined. A moral man is but old Adam dressed in fine clothes."
--Thomas Watson, in, "The Doctrine of Repentance"]