Be Still And Know

READ: Genesis 1:1-2 NLT 'In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.' It is important not to rush past these verses. They may be so familiar to us that it would be easy to skip over them. But don’t! These words are foundational for the whole Bible and for our very lives. They are telling us that everything began with God and so our understanding of the world, human history and our own lives needs to start with God. As we start a New Year no message could be more important. We will be given every encouragement to believe that our thinking needs to begin with the economy or education, health, world peace, our family, community or church but, good and vital as all of those things are, the most important of all is to start by looking at God. As we do so we are reminded that without him there is no order, no purpose, no life. When God is excluded everything becomes