God is Resourceful
Then God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.” Thus God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so. – Genesis 1:6-7
Another attribute of God which we will meditate on today is industry. He is a very resourceful God. We had earlier dwelt on how He used the power of imagination to see what the universe could become, even when it was all formless, void and dark; and did not inspire confidence as to what it could be. God nevertheless saw the huge potential buried in that formless, void and dark mass that made Him begin to start bringing them out through the process of creation.
However, this would not have happened if God was all vision and elocution alone with no action. The Oxford Dictionary defines resourcefulness as “the ability to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties.” Now difficulties do not get bigger than a vast universe whose observable diameter is estimated to be about 93 billion light-years. To put that in human context, a light-year is equivalent to 9 trillion kilometers or 6 trillion miles in our earthling reckoning. To be confronted with such magnitude of formlessness, voidness and darkness is as daunting as any difficulty can be.
Now you can appreciate the enormity of what God had to grapple with when He was about to start the work of creation. But beyond the eerie stretch of dark mass that greeted His eyes, He also saw the beauty that is the universe, with mind-blowing galaxies and stupendous splendor, as we know it today. This was made possible through imagination.
Then He decreed what He saw with His inner eyes into being. He did not stop there. As He was mouthing them, He was also backing His words with action by creating, making, forming, extracting, dividing, separating, labelling, evaluating, and much more as we can see in Genesis 1.
The story of creation reveals how resourceful God is. He does not just use His imagination to see what could be, or His mouth to decree what should be, He also uses His hands to work those into existence. He is a working God. He is industrious and does not rest on His oars, reveling on yesterday’s glory. He keeps working and makes everything new (Revelation 21:5; Isaiah 43:18-19).
The good news is that He has created us humans just like Him, with His same mindset, drive, abilities and temperament. The question is, what are you doing with yours?
Jesus Loves You!
Also read:
- Understanding God: Imagination
- Nehemiah’s Leadership Playbook: Participatory Governance
- I Caught Power Through The Word
- The Boat Painter
