Thy Kingdom Come Prayer Journal

Day 4 - Creates

Reflection

‘God called the dry ground "land",

and the gathered waters He called "seas".

And God saw that it was good.’

Genesis 1:10 (NIV)

The Bible begins with introducing us to

a God who creates. This is one of the first

things we learn about God. It isn’t the 613

laws handed to Moses or the type of fabric

the priests needed to make their tunics with.

The first thing we learn is that God creates.

‘Bara’ in Hebrew points to the action of

creating: it's believed that this verb is only

used in relation to God. I believe that the

way God creates is not like us; He is able to

create something out of nothing. In many

nations around the world, God is known,

called, and referred to as Creator.

Genesis 1:10 ends with three powerful

words, ‘it was good.’ This is mentioned

five times throughout the first chapter

of Genesis. ‘It was good.’ We see clearly

God’s stamp of approval over all of

creation. We must remember this isn’t

just over the human race, but over every

aspect of creation. All of it is good. The

Hebrew word for good is ‘tov’ and 'the

original hearers would have understood

tov to refer to the goodness of the ties and

relationships between things in creation'. Everything was

in right relationship with each other.

Between people, the land, animals, and

God too. In the Kingdom of God, we

look back towards tov, towards creative

goodness; remembering that we are not

independent of the world around us, but

stewards of this good planet we share

together. We are invited to walk with our

Father to change things now as we look in

expectant hope to the heavenly city which

is ours in Christ.

Pause and pray

As you pray for your five

people today, give thanks to

God for how He has created them.

'Living The Kingdom' Action

In what small way could we

practically show love and

care for God’s creation, both

people and planet, today?