TRUTHS ABOUT CREATION

“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!  

[1] CCC, 293.