The Process

 Genesis 1:1 says, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." Verse 2 says that "The earth was empty, a formless mass cloaked in darkness. And the Spirit of God was hovering over its surface." This doesn't seem like the most promising way for Him to begin a great work. The materials on hand don't offer much; a formless mass cloaked in darkness, but the key is not in the ingredients. It's in the hands and heart of the One who hovered over it all.

Author and pastor Dutch Sheets said that "The process of God always involves night." You may be in the midst of His process right now. It's a process He means to lead all who are His through. Despite what you see, what you feel, can you dare to believe that He is covering all of what is happening around you, to you, and in you? One translation of these verses says that He "hovered over the chaos." Sometimes, chaos seems to be the main trait of our lives. Can you dare to trust that out of the darkness and chaos of what you're experiencing, He will bring light and beauty?

Verse 3 says, "Let there be light, and there was light, and God saw that it was good." We cannot even begin to fathom all the power that is in His words. In them is the power to create. What He speaks comes into being. He spoke into the formless darkness, into the chaos, and what He spoke brought light, and it was good. He then separated the light from the darkness. He broke the power of the darkness, As the Psalms promise, He burst through the darkness with His marvelous light. In the darkness, He creates, and what He creates will always be good. His process, His work, will always involve night. Don't fear it or run from it, but trust in the sure coming of HIm who is perfect light. He will come, and His timing will be perfect. 

If you're walking through the chaos and darkness of your circumstances and need today, know that He is with you. Know that He is working. Don't depend upon what you're seeing or feeling. Depend on His words. Out of the seemingly impossible, He makes all things possible. He will create from what seems to be nothing, wonders and beauty. In the process, He will shape, stretch, and grow you, and you can be sure that what He is doing in you is good. 

Blessings,
Pastor O