Evening & morning will be a new day!

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 2 says the earth was without form, an empty waste. Can you imagine? Take a quick look around—take in everything: family, friends, job, pets, calendar, ringing phone (all of them: house phone, cell phone, office phone, fax, SKYPE,…) house, car, computer, TV, to do list, the vast number visual images and sounds that barrage us each day—all the general “busy-ness” of life. Now imagine it GONE! All of it! When God started this thing, none of it existed! Zero! Zilch! NADA!! Utter silence! Darkness everywhere! But, as the earth waited there, “without form and an empty waste” in complete darkness, Genesis 1:2 says: “the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the earth.” So, had we been there, it might have appeared to our human eyes that all was dark, that nothing was happening. But God was there, “hovering” “brooding.” He had a plan and all the while, He was actively working out His plan!

Suddenly, in verse 3, His plan began to unfold for all to see!

“God spoke ‘Light!’ and light appeared!” He saw that His creation was good. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
“God spoke ‘Sky!’ And there it was!” He saw that His creation was good. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
“God spoke ‘Separate! Water-beneath-Heaven, gather into one place. Land, appear!’” And there it was…Land! And then..
“God spoke again: ‘Earth, green up! Grow all varieties of seed-bearing plants, every sort of fruit-bearing tree.’” God saw that His creation was good. And the evening and the morning were third day.
“God spoke: ‘Lights! Come out! Shine in Heaven’s sky! Mark seasons and days and years, Lights in heaven’s sky to give light to Earth.’” He created the sun and the moon to light up Earth, to oversee and separate day from night. And there they were! God saw that His creation was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
“God spoke: ‘Swarm, ocean, with fish and all sea life! Birds, fly through the sky over Earth!’ ‘Earth, generate life! Every sort and kind: cattle and reptiles and wild animals—all kinds.’” And there it was! God saw that His creation was good. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
“God spoke: 'Let us make human beings in our image.’” He created them male and female. And God blessed them. And, just as he had after every other wonderful thing He made, God paused once again to look at His final creation, and saw that it was good, very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

He made us, and everything we need to exist from absolutely NOTHING in just 6 short days. And the evening and the morning were a new day.

Thousands and thousands of years later, no matter how busy our lives, we can still find ourselves in what may seem spiritual “vast wastelands” sometimes. All there seems dark and quiet. And once inside those borders, there may seem to be no plan, and no way out. If ever you find yourself in that kind of “Spiritual No-Man’s Land” that’s the time to lean, not on feelings, not on what you can see with your human eyes, but on the promises we have been given in the Word of God. Truth is, we cannot always trust what we can see with “human eyes” because they do not always tell the whole story. “For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood, contending only with physical opponents, but against the despotisms, against the powers, against the master spirits who are the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly supernatural sphere.” The activity around us is both seen and unseen!

Are you in a dark place? I understand. Does your life feel a little like a wasteland lately? I understand. Does it seem as if nothing is happening? Boy, do I understand. Good news is, we’re not alone! Down through the ages, countless others have felt just as we do! We can join one such person who felt this way, the Psalmist in Chapter 130 who cried out to the Lord! He wrote: “Out of the depths have I cried to You, O Lord. I wait for the Lord, I expectantly wait, and in His word do I hope. I am looking and waiting for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, I say, more than watchmen for the morning.”

So, we cling to promises from the Word of God as we wait on Him to move on our behalf. A couple of good promises: We can be assured that God is with us, always has been; always will be!! Matthew 28:20 promises that. And He has a plan for our lives. Jeremiah 29:11 promises that the Lord has plans for good, peace and hope for each of us! So, no matter how dark it may look right now, no matter how quiet, no matter how hopeless we may be tempted to become, we can keep waiting expectantly for the morning like the watchmen in Psalm 130… God will move on our behalf in His perfect time and when He does, like everything He has ever created, what He does will be good…very good!

And the evening and the morning will be a beautiful NEW DAY!