God's plans

God's plans

Alicia Stevens
devotional

What God is showing us here is we have all we need in Him. In the span of time between day 3 and day 4, however long it might have been, He sustained the vegetation. Likewise, God wants us to know that He will sustain us too in the waiting, the wondering, and the wandering. He wants us to learn to rely on Him and not look to the tangible to sustain us.  Hebrews 10:23 says.  Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.

He wants our hope to rest in Him; otherwise, we build our faith on things and not on Him. The tangible does not last and does not hold the power to change our destinies.  Those tangible things like our money, our health, our position, our property even our perceived power may leave us but our God will not.

God creates time

God creates time

Alicia Stevens
devotional

Let’s continue our time in the creation story with Gen 1:16 which reads, “And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars.”

In this portion of the creation story not only does God create the sun and moon but if we back up a couple of verses, we see He uses these to create time. Verse 14 reads “And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years”.

As the creator of time, He is not bound by the constraints of time as we understand it.

He knows where seed planting is needed. He knows when we need to be in a tending season and when the time has come to harvest. If we are trying to harvest when we should be in another season we will not yield the harvest God intended and we will work in vein, exhausting ourselves under our own power. The more time we spend out of God’s timing the more time we will spend not fully knowing the abundant life He promises.

It is good podcast

It is good podcast

Alicia Stevens

Think about that! The God of the universe paused for a moment, stepped back, took in what He accomplished and said, “It is good”. God is telling us to take a moment and appreciate what has been accomplished. Take a moment to enjoy and celebrate what is already done.

A few words podcast

A few words podcast

Alicia Stevens

Throughout Gen 1 God says “let there be..” and there was.  Repeatedly, He used those few words to accomplish big things.  No long 20-minute lecture was required by Him to reveal the earth hidden beneath the waters, create the sun or the entire animal kingdom.  While, it may take me hours to restore my home to a state presentable for guests after 2 little ones have dotted it with their presence throughout with repeated pleas to pick up this or clean that He illustrates in this passage He is not like man.  Halleluiah!  He is able to take an idea and materialize it with just a few words. 

His presence

His presence

Alicia Stevens

In this part of the creation story, God shows Himself and I believe He will do the same for us now as He did then. When those moments occur, we should take note. Sense how these moments nurture your heart, speak to your soul, minsters to your spirit and agrees with scripture. In doing this, we will learn to see Him and to know His presence. By seeing Him in the light we will learn to better see Him in the dark.