Below is a brief piece based on a sermon I preached this past Sunday at Trinity Baptist Church in Benson:
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters. Gen. 1:1-2
Even if we don’t talk about it much, we all know that darkness and chaos are here with us. None of us need to be convinced. No apologetic necessary. We know what that’s all about. We grieve.
But his spirit is already out ahead of us, already dealing with what lies ahead.
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Ps. 119:105
God’s law, his decrees, his Word illumines our way. He has shown the way and gone the way. He has dealt with it and directed it.
God is before us tackling the unknown and unseen. We humbly walk by the light of his Word. Often that light isn’t very bright, for our vision is far too blurry, our eyes too dim.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Prov. 3:5-6
Trust in the one who has gone ahead, who is already at work. He is the one who is constantly calling us forward.
We will stumble. We will fall. But we must not remain still, at least not still too long.
Trust that he is before us, the one who is creating and fashioning life out of the unknown chaos ahead.
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