Daily Devo

Genesis 1: In the Beginning

Today, I had learned that First5 already finished the entire Bible discussion in a span of five years and they will be entering a new season where they would be looking into other specifics that would make us truly know who Christ is. I'm all ready for that but I, for one, would like to finish reading the whole Bible too. And so, I would probably go through all the plans that are laid out on the different books of the Bible so I can have something to start with and eventually be able to finish everything as well. I am inspired and somehow jealous (sorry, Lord, I know jealousy ain't good hehe). I also wanted to finish well and not just beginning countless of times and never finishing what I had started. Hopefully, this round, by the grace of God, I'll be able to do it.

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 1 details the Creation Story — how the Lord made the heavens and the earth, light and dark, sea and sky, earth, animals, and mankind. And everything He had made was good just like how His character has always been. Our God is good and therefore all He made came out as such. Genesis is the story of Beginning. In every beginning of our lives, maybe it would also turn out good when we partner with the Lord. When we heed to His calling and the path He desires for us.

REFLECTION: How can you show God you trust Him with all the "uns" in your life?

I told you that I am starting again with Genesis. When I checked the app, I saw that I had answered this question back in May 2019 — I'm assuming I am committing to begin again that year in reading the Word of the Lord. But I think somewhere in the middle, I wasn't able to finish it. But my answer back in 2019 is interesting and still rings true in my life today:

I am a doubter. I am worrier. I am fearful of the uncertain. I want everything planned and everything that I planned must go the way it should. But then, most of the time - if not all - the Lord has a different way of doing things far from how I do my own. I don't understand it and it always always could lead me to doubt, worry, and fear. But God also has mercy and grace to someone like me. He knows me so well that He gives me different circumstances where I could practice trusting in His ways. It's hard. It's always hard for me to trust when I don't see what's the next step or the ending. Yet I am always reminded of the character of Christ, He is constant. He is my friend, my Father, my Salvation. I ought to trust in His promise despite of how I feel or what I cannot see at the moment. I pray that the Lord will strengthen my faith in Him in those department that I lack it. It's easy to believe and have faith on how the Lord will act on someone else's life but when it comes to mine, my unbelief could affect how I view things in light of who Christ is. And so I pray that the Lord will help my unbelief, my doubt, my worry, my fear and turn it into a testimony of full dependence in Christ. He has won over my enemies. He has victory over my problems. I ought to look to my bigger God versus my minute problems. And I know God is sovereign and He will deliver me.