In the beginning God...

“In the beginning God…” – Genesis 1v1

If any human had written the Bible we would have begun with a preface or an introduction introducing the whole concept of God. We would have tried to prove that He existed, described His character, and attempted to rebuff any arguments about His Being.

Yet God, in His infinite wisdom, doesn’t waste time with that. He simply says, “In the beginning God…” No argument, no point to prove, no explanations, no debate – simply – “In the beginning God…”

There is not a whole lot of need to heavy theological reasoning here. The Bible simply says that when beginning began, God was already there. Psalm 90v2 makes this clear, “Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hast formed the earth, and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou are God.”

I love the fact that God is eternal. Too we try to put God in a “time box” of our making. We try to hold Him to our schedules, to make Him fit into our day-planners, and to force Him to keep appointments that we have made for Him. I was once told, “God has never been late.” Of course He can’t be late! He is outside of time and unbound by it. Our timetables and schedules are just that, ours, not His. May we rest in the fact that “in the beginning” of every situation we face God is already there and He has known about that situation for æons. I am so thankful that in our time-bound world, we are children of the Timeless One.

Lord, “in the beginning” of this new day, remind us that you are already here. You know what is coming. Help us to live by your timetable, not our own.