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May 2024
What I Need: What God Has for Me
God Created Everything (Seen and Unseen)
God exists. His name is “I AM.” He created everything there is whether it is seen or
unseen. That includes everything and everyone, even you. He created everything that
you can touch, everything that you can see, and even everything that no one can see.
Everything, that was created, was created by Him.
Let’s check in with our Bibles:
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:26-27
Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them
rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and
over all the creatures that move along the ground." So God created man in his own image, in
the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
Hebrews 11:3
By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that
what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
Ask Me No Questions/ I’ll Tell You No Lies:
1.) I know that I’m here and my parents were involved, but WHY am I here
and WHY does it matter?
2.) If God really is there, why did He make all this stuff anyway?
3.) If God did make everything (including me), why should I care?
We’ve Got Questions/ God’s Got Answers:
1.) If you’ve ever wondered why you were born, you are in good company. Job
suffered so much, that in Job 3:1 he curses the day he was born! In Job
3:23 he asks “Why is life given to a man…?” Job was so miserable in his pain
and frustration that he couldn’t understand why a man was even born!
2.) God responds to Job in Job 38:2. God asks Job 'Who is this that obscures my
counsel without knowledge?' and then He goes on to list many of the things He
has created. In Job 42:3-6 Job responds: “Surely I spoke of things I did not
understand, things too wonderful for me to know. You said, 'Listen now, and I will
speak; I will question you, and you shall answer me.' My ears had heard of you but
now my eyes have seen you. Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes."
Job is overwhelmed when God reveals Himself. In the end he realizes that
God created all things because it pleased Him to do so. And Genesis 1:26-
31 tells us that when everything was created, God called it all “good”.
3.) Jeremiah 29:11-13 tells us that God cares for us and has a plan for us.
Since God made everything originally so that it was good, He is the only One who can
tell us how to live those lives effectively, happily and in fullness. Later, He came
Himself to teach us in the person of Jesus Christ. We can listen to all that Jesus has to
tell us. The Bible contains the truths we need. For these reasons we need to listen to
God, think about His words, and be ready to apply them to our lives.
What I Need: What God Has for Me
God Created Everything (Seen and Unseen)
God exists. His name is “I AM.” He created everything there is whether it is seen or
unseen. That includes everything and everyone, even you. He created everything that
you can touch, everything that you can see, and even everything that no one can see.
Everything, that was created, was created by Him.
Let’s check in with our Bibles:
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:26-27
Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them
rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and
over all the creatures that move along the ground." So God created man in his own image, in
the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
Hebrews 11:3
By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that
what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
Ask Me No Questions/ I’ll Tell You No Lies:
1.) I know that I’m here and my parents were involved, but WHY am I here
and WHY does it matter?
2.) If God really is there, why did He make all this stuff anyway?
3.) If God did make everything (including me), why should I care?
We’ve Got Questions/ God’s Got Answers:
1.) If you’ve ever wondered why you were born, you are in good company. Job
suffered so much, that in Job 3:1 he curses the day he was born! In Job
3:23 he asks “Why is life given to a man…?” Job was so miserable in his pain
and frustration that he couldn’t understand why a man was even born!
2.) God responds to Job in Job 38:2. God asks Job 'Who is this that obscures my
counsel without knowledge?' and then He goes on to list many of the things He
has created. In Job 42:3-6 Job responds: “Surely I spoke of things I did not
understand, things too wonderful for me to know. You said, 'Listen now, and I will
speak; I will question you, and you shall answer me.' My ears had heard of you but
now my eyes have seen you. Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes."
Job is overwhelmed when God reveals Himself. In the end he realizes that
God created all things because it pleased Him to do so. And Genesis 1:26-
31 tells us that when everything was created, God called it all “good”.
3.) Jeremiah 29:11-13 tells us that God cares for us and has a plan for us.
Since God made everything originally so that it was good, He is the only One who can
tell us how to live those lives effectively, happily and in fullness. Later, He came
Himself to teach us in the person of Jesus Christ. We can listen to all that Jesus has to
tell us. The Bible contains the truths we need. For these reasons we need to listen to
God, think about His words, and be ready to apply them to our lives.