In the town hall in Copenhagen, Denmark stands the world’s most complicated clock. It took forty years to build at a cost of more than a million dollars. The clock has ten faces, fifteen thousand parts, and is accurate to 2/5 of a second, every three hundred years. The clock computes the time of the day, the days of the week, the months and years, and the movements of the planets for 2,500 years. Some parts of the clock will not move until 25 centuries have passed. It is truly a masterpiece designed and built by some amazing creators.
Any reasonable person would take a careful look at this amazing clock and recognize that it is the creation of brilliant thinkers and craftsmen. No one would believe the clock mysteriously appeared over time. No, it is the work of a creator.
In Genesis 1:1 the Bible says, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”
As I look at the incredible world we live in with it’s complexities, it is clear to me that what we see did not just appear. It did not come out of randomness. There must be a brilliant, powerful creator. I believe that creator is God.
God existed, lacking nothing in Himself, and yet chose to create the world and everything in it. The Hebrew word for "create" – meaning "to create something new" and used only in conjunction with God. God's creative acts, both in terms of what and how He created, inform us about His character and nature.
Psalm 19:1-4 - “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”
3,000 years ago David says as we look at the world surely it speaks to us and reveals there is a creator. Day after day and night after night we see the glory of God.
It is hard to imagine that there is any topic within Christianity that has been responsible for more debate and disagreement than the doctrine of creation. The question of whether or not God created everything in the universe is a line in the sand, so to speak, that immediately divides everyone in the world into two camps: those who believe in creation and those who don’t.
According to the Scriptures, creation is a gift from a loving Creator God. From the bodies we inhabit, the air we breathe, the sun we bask in, the food we eat, the flowers we pick, the water we drink, the ground we walk upon, and the pets we love, life is filled with good gifts for us to steward and enjoy.
You might wonder why the doctrine of creation is important? Is it essential that we as Christian believe the earth and human life was created by God.
The Bible teaches that creation in general and human life in particular were made by God, belong to God, exist for God, are restless apart from God. If you do not believe in the doctrine of creation, you likely believe that you came from no one, you are alive on the earth for nothing, and that when you die you will go nowhere.
Without God as our creator we have no purpose and no reason for existence. We were made by God and for God. God gives our life meaning and purpose. We have a reason to live. We have a reason to exist because it is given to us by the creator.
We are not here on this earth as a random act. We are not here without significance and importance. The God of eternity used his supernatural power to create what no one or nothing else could create. We are here as a result of God’s power and his plan.
Today’s Challenge: Let’s worship God for the power and wonder of his creation. Let’s thank him that we were fearfully and wonderfully make. Let’s rejoice in his plan and purpose for our lives. Our lives have meaning because of our creator God.
