Text: Genesis 2
Until now, the only name that has been used for God is “God”, or the Hebrew “Elohim”, which means “the God of power”. But in verse 4 of chapter 2, “Lord” or “Jehovah” is added, which means “the God of perfection.”
“The Lord God [Jehovah Elohim] made the earth and the heavens”. He is a God of both power and perfection, Maker of heaven and earth, the Lord of absolute completion.
And you know what I love? When the powerful and perfect God made man, he made something absolutely perfect out of something absolutely plain. He made man and woman, and he made them complete.
He – the great Jehovah Elohim – makes much out of little. He makes extraordinary out of the very, very ordinary. We’re talking dust into man here. And we’re talking you and me into new creations.
Yes, Adam is a perfect example of nothing to something, but he’s not the only one! Flip your Bibles to Ezekiel 37:1-14 and read – you’ll find God breathing the same breath of life into another unlikely subject there!
The Lord God takes the most basic thing of all – the dust of the earth – and he transforms it with the breath of his mouth and the touch of his glory and he makes it after His own image. Perfect. Complete.
Sisters, do you feel dry today? Do you feel ordinary, outcast, or rejected? Do you know that the same Lord God of power and perfection who breathed life into Adam and into that pile of dry bones can breathe new life into you? Do you know that this same God seeks out the despised and small and it is they that he chooses? It is they that He will exalt.
And he will make them – he will make you – perfect. Complete.
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:The old has gone, the new is here!” 1 Cor 5:17
Ajah I am praying for you! Its one day at a time trusting and believing that the life you have now will be better than before.
God is good! I am praying for that renewal in my life. I love what someone said about the fact that God “spoke” everything I into existence, except man who he formed from the earth & breathed life into. We are all so special! I forget that sometimes & feel sorry for myself & situation, but I remind myself that God had placed me where I’m supposed to be. My experiences happen for a reason, & I may never see the big picture, but I must have faith in the plan HE has for me.
A few days ago my husband if 6 years left me, we married young and he feels as though he wants to be single. I’m still in love with him and everyday I cry to myself just to get through the day we have two kids and every time I have to see him I become weak, and I break down. I have now chosen to place my weakness in the hands of God and I pray for his strength to help my children and I to transition through this as strong as possible. I pray that this bible plan will help me in the right direction of a new life. This scripture
Really touched me today it was exactly what I needed to sleep tonight. Any one reading this please pray for me. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come:The old has gone, the new is here!” 2 Cor 5:17
Amazing what God can do with tiny, insignificant things. Sometime I need the reminder that I am insignificant without Him, and sometimes the reminder that He can use my paltry offerings. This reminded me of both. Thank you!
I liked the reading this morning and being reminded that God can make something of nothing and that He breathes renewing life and strength into us when we turn o Him.
I was a little confused though by the story in Ezekiel because here God resurrects an army from bones. I have always been told Jesus Christ was the only One to be resurrected. Obviously this passage was overlooked when I was told this. I want to know what the purpose was for God to resurrect that army. Was it a promise he had made to prove to these people that He is powerful ? And what happened after? Did they live out their lives or do we not know? Just curious… It's interesting
It is overwhelming to realize that God can and WANTS to use me- each of us, according to His purpose. Makes my every day complaints fade away and honk of myself in a different light.
Excellent Devotion.. . I thank GOD for the new me.. hes using me.. when I thought I was nothing.. he showed me greater is he that lives in me then he that’s in the world.