How God Creates: Creating by Declaration

by Babatunde Oladele | Sep 1, 2025 | Archives, God

Creating by Declaration

Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. – Genesis 1:3

We are still exploring the personality and attributes of God. For the next few days, we will be meditating on how He goes about making His creatures. The reason we are focusing on this aspect of God is that it may help us to create things ourselves when we are ready to step up to our God-given authority or live up to His divine potential in us.

The first method of creation that God used which we shall dwell on today is declaration. God creates by declaration. As we can see in Genesis 1, everything that God created was first expressed through His mouth before they were formed. Below are excerpts:

Then God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.” (Genesis 1:6)

Then God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear;” (Genesis 1: 9)

Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth” (Genesis 1:11)

Then God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years; (Genesis 1:14)

Then God said, “Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens.” (Genesis 1:20)

Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind”; (Genesis 1:24)

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; (Genesis 1: 26)

These underscore the fact that God does not create anything unless He has first declared it through His mouth. This is also in agreement with a New Testament verdict that God created everything through the word (John 1:1-3). Moreso, this also holds true in line with the common belief that our words have power, be it creative or destructive one, depending on what kinds of things we say.

We humans are created to be, think, act and operate like God. The issue is that most people do not get to experience this divine stature in a lifetime, while some experience it in moments which are far between, whereas only a very few individuals get to live up to a full measure of their divine nature.

We can use our words to (re)create our world and circumstances as we desire them to be. This is called affirmation in contemporary terms. Words have power and we should exercise our power of agency to decree things that we want to into being in our life, home, family, business, career, community, nation and the world at large.

Now some who try this may get an instant result, while some may not. That is one of the mysteries of divinity. Only God knows why this is so. But for those who try and do not get an immediate result, it is important not to get discouraged and stop. If you persist and do it with sincerity, with time, your realities will start to align with your declaration.

Jesus Loves You!

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