THE ONE WHO SPEAKS

“Then God said, …”
Genesis 1:3

It is within the first parashah of the Torah that we read of God revealing Himself. In time He reveals Himself as Jehovah Shalom, El Elyon, and Abba, but first He reveals Himself as the One who speaks. In the beginning, B’RESHEET, God created the heavens and the earth with only words. He spoke and it was. He spoke, “Let there be light,” and light was. He spoke, “Let there be a dome in the middle of the waters to separate them,” and there was. He spoke about the water being gathered and about grass, seeding plants, and fruit trees being brought forth and they were. God spoke and the world came into existence.
The word of God holds power, and what He speaks comes about. He spoke to Noah that a flood was coming and for forty days and nights it rained. He spoke to Abram that he would be the father of many and in God’s timing it came to be. And He spoke that the Messiah would come from the line of King David. This too came to pass.
The question that begs to be answered then is what God is speaking to you? What is it that is in the process of being formed and birthed in your own life? What has God already spoken to you that is about to come to pass? The very One who created something out of nothing is creating even now in your life. Do you hear His words? “Then God said…”

GENESIS 1:1-13