Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. After the introductory sentence of Genesis 1:1, the creation story begins with a description of what the world was like before the earth was created; an empty and dark place with only waters. For the Israelites and other ancient cultures, with only little physical experience and a limited understanding of large bodies of water, the waters were a place of fear, a place of utter orderlessness,and chaos.
The story of creation is a story of how God brought order out of chaos. As the story continues we will see that God will always be in the business of bringing order out of chaos, light out of darkness. God can still take our darkest, stormiest, and most chaotic times and bring order to them. So in these dark and chaotic days when we have lost the ability to create order on our own we trust in a God of order, a God who creates beauty out of chaos. Prayer Creator and King, Lighten our darkness and hover over our hearts as You hovered over the chaotic waters. Bring order to our lives. Amen
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