As much of the world is hunkered down with precautions around COVID-19, the Coronovirus, my heart is reflecting on God’s sovereignty. He is in control. He is the Prince of Peace. As we follow protective guidelines, may we also turn our focus on God’s beauty all around us instead.
We welcome the onset of Spring this month. If thrills my soul to see the daffodils, dogwoods, and azaleas budding and blooming. This is my favorite season. To watch life come from death in nature and spiritually with Lent and Easter is exhilarating.
This resurrection inspires my own dreams and what I pray comes to fruition in my own life.
As I read the familiar passage in Genesis 1 and 2 of the Creation, four words pop off the onion-skin pages of my Bible. “And it was so.” I had not noticed these words repeated before now, so prominent. So refreshing. Six times during the six days God created everything, He said it, “And it was so.”
“And God said, ‘Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters….’ And it was so.” –Genesis 1:6,7b
“And God said, ‘Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dray land appear.’ And It was so.”—Genesis 1:9
“And God said, ‘Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding see, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind on the earth.’ And it was so.” –Genesis 1:11
“And God said, ‘Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years…’ And it was so.” –Genesis 1:14, 15b
“And God said, ‘Let the earth broth forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.’ And it was so.” –Genesis 1:24
“And God said, ‘Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. And to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life. I have given every green plant for good.’ And it was so. And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good.” –Genesis 1:29-31a.
From the heavens and earth, to creating land and seas, seed-producing plants and trees, sun, moon, and stars, and the animals, God said it into being, “And it was so.”
The same God who spoke the whole world into existence is the same God for you and me today. Isn’t that so refreshing?
What are the dreams you are praying for God to create “and it was so”?
Danya Jordan