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“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” That opening line in Genesis is familiar—almost too familiar. We read it quickly, eager to get to what comes next. But if we slow down, something important emerges almost immediately. After creation, the text tells us: “The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.” Creation had already happened. But formation had not yet been completed. What follows is not chaos or correction—it is process . God speaks. He separates. He orders. He fills. And He does so patiently, deliberately, until the work reaches its intended end: man made in the image of God . Only then does God rest. Created… then formed There has long been speculation about what may have happened between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2. Some assume catastrophe. Others assume judgment. But the text itself does not require disruption to explain formlessness. It simply reveals a pattern : God creates,...

I’ve come to believe that religion can sometimes blind us—not to the existence of God, but to His intention. Not because religion is evil, but because it often replaces knowing God with explaining Him. And explanation, when it stands in the place of revelation, can keep us from seeing who He actually is. Before commandments. Before sacrifice. Before sin-management systems. There was Genesis chapter 1. And Genesis 1 is before religion. It is simply what God did—and in doing so, it reveals who He is. God creates. God speaks. God blesses. God gives. He gives dominion. He gives fruitfulness. He gives authority. He gives the earth itself to man. And He does all of this knowing exactly who man is. That matters. God did not give creation to man because man had proven himself trustworthy. He gave it because God is trustworthy . Creation itself was an act of grace—bestowed before performance, obedience, or failure ever entered the picture. This is why something God says later through the proph...

Everyone has that scripture. The one that doesn’t just encourage them—it knows them. The one that feels less like a verse and more like a voice. For me, it’s Isaiah 43:1, then verse 2—in that order. And it’s my favorite not because it’s poetic—though it is. Not because it’s comforting—though it comforts deeply. It’s my favorite because it’s God loving me in my love language. There’s something unmistakably intimate about the way God speaks here. He calls out Jacob and Israel in the same breath and then makes a declaration that stops me every time: “Fear not… I have redeemed you… I have called you by your name; thou art Mine. ” That line alone would have been enough. But it’s who He says it to that makes it unforgettable. Jacob and Israel are the same person , but they are not the same man . Jacob is the name shaped by striving, failure, manipulation, and survival. Israel is the name God gave after the wrestling, after the touch, after the transformation. One name carries history. Th...