We Were Made for Moments Like This

You and I were made for moments like this. We would rather choose times of comfort and plenty, but we were created for times of chaos. We might dream of places serene and peaceful, but we were created for places of disorder.

^{Gen 1:1 (ESV)} In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

^1:2 Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water. ^1:3 God said, “Let there be light.”

God, like a dove, fluttered over the dark emptiness of chaos and brought order. And God said … and God said … and God said … and God said … and God said … and God said … and God said … And THEN …

^{Gen 2:7} God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

Instead of simply speaking (as if one could even imagine that God speaking is simply simple), He FORMED man and He BREATHED life into him.

^{Gen 1:27} God created humankind in his own image,

in the image of God he created them,

male and female he created them.

^1:28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground.”

In His image, God created them. For a purpose, God blessed them. Male and female, he charged them.

“Be fruitful! Multiply! Fill the Earth! Subdue it! Rule over it! Take the darkness and chaos that exists outside of the garden and bring order, and beauty, and abundance, and fullness.”

We were made for times like this. We were made for places like this – not to live in chaos and darkness but, through the power of the Holy Spirit, to transform it (John 8:12; 1 Pet 2:9).

We were made to imitate God by creatively stewarding his creation (Eph 5:1; 1 Cor 4:1-2).

We were made to drive out darkness and usher in the Kingdom of God on earth (Matt 6:10).

No one can doubt that chaos has erupted over the entire earth. Fear and uncertainty have taken a foothold in our community. Depression and despair desire to rule our minds. But we were made for this.

Find the “not good” and make it good. Find the chaos and bring order. Find the darkness and bring light. Drive the fear out with love. Drive despair out with hope. We were made of this.