Creation: Part 1

The life of faith encompasses several events and moments that we journey through multiple times during the course of a lifetime. The devotion below is part of an ongoing series that explores these central themes of Christian doctrine.

“In the beginning, God created everything everyone and declared it ‘good’. That means that all of life is holy; in all of life, God is waiting for us.”

– adapted quote from Jurgen Moltmann

When we confess that we believe that God created all of heaven and earth there are all sorts of implications connected with that statement. If God is a creating force and all of life is the product of God’s creative action than everything is deserving of our inherent respect and reverence.

In the Creation story included in the first chapter of Genesis, after creating God

always pauses to declare whatever was previously created “good”. I believe that this how we are called to view all of creation as well. Things like racism and sexism have no place for Christians because we believe that all people are part of God’s good creation.

Peace,
Pastor Nate
November 15, 2023