Week of 9.12.2021 | Day One
The Big Picture Question
Why did God create everything? God created everything for His glory and our good.
Read
Genesis 1:11-19
1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. 3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.
The Creation of Man and Woman
4 These are the generations
of the heavens and the earth when they were created,
in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
5 When no bush of the field was yet in the land and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground, 6 and a mist was going up from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground— 7 then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. 8 And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Questions
Q: What did God do on the seventh day?
A: He rested.
Q: These verses tell us a little more about how God created man on the sixth day. What does verse 7 say God did to create man?
A: He formed man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
Q: Where did God put the man he had created? What else was there?
A: God placed man in the garden of Eden. In this garden he made trees with fruit to eat as well as the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Q: What do you learn about God in this passage?
A: God is the author of life. He is the reason why we have breath. He created everything that is good and we should worship Him because only He is the creator and worthy of our worship.
Pray
God, you are amazing! Thank you for your word that tells us how you created all things. You breathed life into the first man, and you continue to sustain our lives each and every day. Thank you for loving us enough to create us and to make us in your image. Lord, lead us to worship you this week. Help us to give you glory for all that you have created, and help us to remember that we are made in your image. Help us to share this truth with others this week.