“In the beginning, when God
created the heavens and the earth” (Gen. 1:1). As a child, we were taught
at our earliest age in school, in our church and in our home about the seven
days of creation. The verse mentioned above is the starting passage of the
story of creation we can read in the Sacred Scripture. As we grow
older, we start asking questions about the story. Some of them: did God really
created the world in seven days? Which was first to be created man or animals?
Did God also created the dinosaurs? Unfortunately, we will reflect not on these
questions but on questions that are essential in our lives.
Let us begin our reflection on
creation with the truth that creation was not created of necessity or by
chance. Creation was made with purpose. We may ask then what is the purpose of
the creation of the world? God, maker of all things, made the world with a
reason. The Catholic Church holds on to the truth that “The world was made for
the glory of God.”[1] This is
also the purpose of creation. It is worthy to note here that the world was
created not because God needs the world. He created the world for us men to
glorify Him. We need to clarify that God does not need us. God does not need
praises coming from someone. He is the Almighty, the source of all goodness.
What we are trying to explain here as the purpose of creation is that we wanted
to draw the line that our purpose, the purpose of creation is to glorify God
and not disobeying him or disregarding the presence and power of God.
We can now ask ourselves, do we
appreciate the world? We also need to know that the truth behind the creation
story in the first book of the Sacred Scripture is not about what came first
but to stress the following: God created the world out of nothing; He created
it good and in an orderly manner; God sustains what He had created. We then
give emphasis with these truths.
First, God created the world out
of nothing. As we have discussed with our reflection on God as Father, He is
almighty. God is the creator of the world. The creation story in the book of
Genesis highlighted it that He created it out of nothing. Is this possible? It
is POSSIBLE! The greatness of God is not limited. To create someone out of
nothing is something that God can do. It is noteworthy to recall a saying that
“WITH GOD NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE!” For God is the alpha and omega. He is the
almighty creator of the world. Believing in this truth, allow us to recognize
that nothing comes from us but rather all that we have, all that we see, and
all that we can touch were created by God. If such is the case, there is only
one thing we could brag about that is OUR GOD CREATED EVERYTHING.
The world is good. If someone
will say it is bad, he or she does not know the truth. God created it good and
in an orderly manner. This is the second truth regarding creation. God intends
that the world and all it contains remain good. We, humans are more blessed
than any of the creations of God, not only because we are created in the image
and likeness of God but because God gave us the freedom to desire to be good.
Creation deserves also her dignity. Creation is good. The cause of disasters is
not God but us. Our hands and faults make disasters happen. It is also up to us
then to hold on to this truth not only about us but to the entire creation of
God.
After creating, God did not stop.
He sustains it. This is the third truth we can find in the book of Genesis
regarding the creation story. Our naked eyes may not recognize His amazing
hands at work but the truth remains that He sustains what He creates. What we
see is not His hands but our hands. As created image and likeness of God, we
have the responsibility to become stewards of creation. We have then the
responsibility to be his instruments to sustain what He had created.'
God is calling you. WILL YOU
IGNORE GOD? Answer and you will find it fulfilling!
