In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.……. Genesis 1: 1
When you encounter God in the bible from the book of Genesis there are very significant things we encounter. The book of Genesis is God’s self-introduction to man. In the beginning is the first introduction God gave of himself. This is a very great concept because God was before the beginning started. The beginning was not the start of God but God Himself created the beginning. God self-introduction to us is one who works and one who does things; this is the way God wants us to see Him, as one who works.
Then the bible tells us that God created the heavens and the earth and darkness was upon the face of the deep. Isn’t it wonderful that God starts with darkness? It goes to show that God can be in a place and there will be darkness.
And the spirit of God was moving upon the waters and darkness upon the face of the waters. So, we have two things.
- The spirit of God is moving
- Nothing is working
This shows that God can move and there can still be chaos. But God said let there be light and there was light. We don’t need just the movement of the spirit we need the light that comes through the instruction of God’s word. God said after He moved. If He moves and there is no saying and there is no light, darkness will be upon the face of our nation, family and lives.
We must not only seek for the movement of the spirit of God but we must also seek for God to speak so there would be light.
And God saw the light that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the first day. That is the first time that time is recorded in the future.
If we look at God’s sequence of time it is the evening and the morning. We say morning and evening when counting time, but God says the evening and the morning. This means we do not start with light; we start with darkness and then out of the darkness God brings out the light.
So, when God is working with you in this system, there is always going to be the preceding or the starting of darkness and there will be the manifestation of light. So, when you are in the darkness in God’s economy you are not outside of His will you are at the beginning of His process because He is about to take you from the darkness into the light.
The evening and the morning were the first day. I want you to hold that thought in your head because everything reflects this principle; that in God’s set time for His people there is going to be the darkness before there will be the light. In God’s set time for you, when you are in the darkness you should be hopeful because light is going to come. Weeping may endure for the night but joy comes in the morning! You are not lost when you are in the darkness you are actually in preparation for the light because in God’s system of time there is always darkness before light.
