Scripture：Genesis
1:1-31
(Prayer→Reading→Meditation+Contemplation
My
meditation:
I would
like to summarize the teachings and enlightenments given to me in Genesis 1.
Today’s Scripture tells us that:
1.
God is the Creator of the universe,
2.
His creation is well planned and orderly,
3.
God created man according to their image and
entrusted mankind with the stewardship over His creatures.
As
believers, the emergence of the world is neither accidental nor purely
physical. There are profound mysteries embedded in the wisdom and power of God
as manifested in His creation. For example, we do not know why darkness can
exist in the creation by God who is both light and perfection.
The
Bible, as a book of religious truth, should not be understood by purely
historical or scientific standards. Neither should we take it to be merely a human
literature. The basic reason comes from the teaching by the Apostle
Paul, namely, "the Bible is God inspired" (2 Timothy 3:16). In other
words, the ultimate author of the Bible is the Holy Spirit and this is our
conviction as Christians. To the atheists, the Bible is only one of the various
religious writings among the various human cultures such as Taoism, Buddhism
and Islam. In fact, we will not easily take the books of the latter to be
sacred writings as inspired through heavenly revelations.
What is
the meaning of the Bible to the believers? Obviously, it is the basis of our
faith and truth as God’s Word. It is also the authority and standard for us to
follow and rely on. Otherwise, it will be difficult for us to have an objective
reason to support our faith let alone the question of eternal truth!
Let me
demonstrate the application of the Bible with the "the spectacles of God
(Faith)”. Though we cannot see God, we should be able see that this world is
created by God as told in Genesis through “the spectacles of God". Even
though an atheist would see things very much as we see them, his materialistic
view however could only tell him that the world is purely made of matter and
that the ultimate source of matter is again matter (today's science would call
it mass and energy).
Question:
How
would you see the world and its events as a believer?
Howard
