Looking Up and Looking Around: From Psalm 33

Have you ever tried to picture what it was like when God created the world? I see God in worn and faded overalls, down on His knees in the dirt, prodding the soil with a hand shovel and shaping creation with His fingers.

I love gardening: I assume I get that from my Father.

Meanwhile the Psalmist explains creation differently. “By the word of the Lord” --- the stars and heavens were created, reports the Psalmist. So God was not shaping matter with His hands; instead He was literally speaking creation into being. (Psalm 33:6)

God breathed; God spoke. In the moment of His speaking, God’s Divine words tumbled out into empty space and the stars were born. Planets began their orbit and the energy of matter began spreading out in a beautiful array, in all directions.

I’ve heard a lot of explanations for creation. Big bang. Matter colliding with anti-matter until (luckily for us) there was no anti-matter left. Then matter colliding with matter until an azalea bloomed, a fish swam and an elephant bellowed.

Instead of placing my faith in explosions (exactly what blew up, and what made it blow up, and how did it get there to blow up?) I am more than content to picture a Creative God breathing and speaking. From the words of Moses to the words of David to the words of Jesus I am content to believe in my Creator and my Lord.