God And The 3rd Rock From The Sun Series

But understand, when God created, He always had God’s plan was not simply to create a canvas but to provide a place for you and me in His creative plan.

Isaiah 45:18 affirms this saying: “For this is what the Lord says--he who created the heavens,

he is God; he who fashioned and made the earth, he founded it; he did not create it to be empty,

but formed it to be inhabited—he says: “I am the Lord, and there is no other.”

God’s plan for Geology had Theological implications.

God’s plan for mankind to ultimately live on this rock was only part of the purpose of His Creating with a global canvas. The great purpose of His artistry was to bring knowledge and revelation of Himself to all of His creation.

Therefore, Proverbs 8 says that before he started sculpting, creating, and painting on this rock canvas; He created wisdom.

The Lord brought me forth as the first of his works before his deeds of old; 23 I was formed long ages ago, at the very beginning, when the world came to be.24 When there were no watery depths, I was given birth, when there were no springs overflowing with water; 25 before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was given birth, 26 before he made the world or its fields

or any of the dust of the earth. 27 I was there when he set the heavens in place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep, 28 when he established the clouds above and fixed securely the fountains of the deep, 29 when he gave the sea its boundary so the waters would not overstep his command, and when he marked out the foundations of the earth. Proverbs 8:23-29

The Bible tells us what wisdom is saying: “The Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” Proverbs 9:10

Therefore, the creation of wisdom was created prior to all creation; for God wanted to provide the capacity for us to know Him; therefore, we needed wisdom.

Illustration: Google/Information verses wisdom

When people need information today, do you know what the most popular thing to do is? Google it.

People pull out their phones and might even ask Siri. Siri is an automated “Googler.” Yet, there’s a big difference between “Google” and “God.” Google gives information; God gives wisdom.

In 2017 William Joe Johnson needed some money and googled “How to get money” and “How to rob a bank” came up in the query.

Do you know what William Joe Johnson did? He went down the Acheiva Credit Union and applied his “google” info.

He actually got money; but also got “3 hots and cot” at the county jail to boot.

Application:

How many of you know information and wisdom are two different things? God and google are as well.

Transitional Sentence: What do we learn about God from the rock we read about in Genesis 1:2?

III. God Provides a Picture From the Rock

vs. 2- “...the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.”

Explanation:

Yet, there is one more thing about God seen in the rocks.

Don’t miss a very intriguing picture of God’s grace that is provided immediately before man is even created.

You would wonder why God’s first step in creation would be to create this rock globe in an incomplete way? God was able right? He created everything by simply speaking it into order. So why would begin with a canvas? Why not just create the whole picture? (There’s more here than meets the eye)