Lesson 2
It borders on the absurd that we should be convincing any saint of the goodness and benevolence of God! The reason for this assertion is that this aspect of God ought to be of elementary knowledge to all His children! Unfortunately, saints of God have been weaned on the twin toxic poisons of religion and the so-called Prosperity Movement!
To believe in the creation account of Genesis chapters 1 and 2 and not see this fundamental nature and attribute of God is to stretch unbelief too far! Let us throw a bombshell here: before any other attribute of God is mentioned directly or inferred, Genesis takes us to the deeper recesses of the mindset of a God who yearns to bless, provide and care for a creature that He was yet to create -- mankind! In effect (hold your breath), God is primarily a Benevolent, Caring and Providing Being who made all things available for man out of His Own goodness.
Travel the time capsule with us to the very beginning. Genesis chapter 1 provides an illuminating presentation of a God who goes out of the way to prepare the exact ecosystem needed to sustain life on this particular planet called Earth. It goes on to show how God used the first five days to put in place all that the human He would create would require to survive on this planet!
Genesis 1 (NLT):
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 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. 3 Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light "day" and the darkness "night."
And evening passed and morning came, marking the first day.
6 Then God said, “Let there be a space between the waters, to separate the waters of the heavens from the waters of the earth.” 7 And that is what happened. God made this space to separate the waters of the earth from the waters of the heavens. 8 God called the space “sky.”
And evening passed and morning came, marking the second day.
9 Then God said, “Let the waters beneath the sky flow together into one place, so dry ground may appear.” And that is what happened. 10 God called the dry ground “land” and the waters “seas.” And God saw that it was good. 11 Then God said, “Let the land sprout with vegetation—every sort of seed-bearing plant, and trees that grow seed-bearing fruit. These seeds will then produce the kinds of plants and trees from which they came.” And that is what happened. 12 The land produced vegetation—all sorts of seed-bearing plants, and trees with seed-bearing fruit. Their seeds produced plants and trees of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.
13 And evening passed and morning came, marking the third day.
14 Then God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them mark off the seasons, days, and years. 15 Let these lights in the sky shine down on the earth.” And that is what happened. 16 God made two great lights—the larger one to govern the day, and the smaller one to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set these lights in the sky to light the earth, 18 to govern the day and night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
19 And evening passed and morning came, marking the fourth day.
20 Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with fish and other life. Let the skies be filled with birds of every kind.” 21 So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that scurries and swarms in the water, and every sort of bird—each producing offspring of the same kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 Then God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply. Let the fish fill the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.”
23 And evening passed and morning came, marking the fifth day.
24 Then God said, “Let the earth produce every sort of animal, each producing offspring of the same kind—livestock, small animals that scurry along the ground, and wild animals.” And that is what happened. 25 God made all sorts of wild animals, livestock, and small animals, each able to produce offspring of the same kind. And God saw that it was good.
Having prepared the enabling environment from Day 1 – 5, on the 6th Day, El Shaddai, The All Sufficient One, stooped low to be Jehovah Jireh! Such a holy thought is evidently too mind blowing, if only we can grasp the import of what is unsaid!
Here was a God who is sufficient in Himself in every respect from eternity past to that point in time, reaching into the depths of Himself to create a need. It was a multi dimensional need: to create a planet where He would create and plant humans, nurture them and lavish them with His unlimited goodness.
Here was a God worshipped by hundreds of millions or billions of angels, seated in Majestic Splendour on the Throne. One day, He left the glory of that star spangled Palace and stooped down on raw earth to mold an object conceived in His mind eye. Breathing His eternal Spirit into that lifeless being, the outcome was a living soul!
Genesis 2: 4-7
4This is the account of the creation of the heavens and the earth. When the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, 5 neither wild plants nor grains were growing on the earth. For the LORD God had not yet sent rain to water the earth, and there were no people to cultivate the soil. 6 Instead, springs came up from the ground and watered all the land. 7 Then the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man became a living person.
Saints, let us discharge every false humility and religiosity from our mindsets so that we can stay on the plain letters of The Word and apprehend what the Holy Spirit is saying in the Now. The dispensation in which we live is ordained to have penetrating insight into the mind of God for which reason He has clothed us with the mind of Christ. Saints, it is the mind of Christ that we need to know by the Spirit all that the Father has assigned to us! Romans 8: 9-11,15-17; 2 Corinthians 3: 12 – 18.
It is necessary that we ask the question: why did God create man, what was man purposed for? Before we give our religiously jaded answers, let us remember that God answered this question with His own words in Genesis 1:
26 Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground." 27 So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. 28 Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.”
29 Then God said, "Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food. 30 And I have given every green plant as food for all the wild animals, the birds in the sky, and the small animals that scurry along the ground—everything that has life.” And that is what happened.
In Genesis 2:15 the additional mandate to take care of the earth was given:
“The LORD God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and watch over it”
Saints, the point of all this introduction is this, if we have not lost you so far: God was manifesting one critical attribute of His in the entire creation story -- The Great Provider, aka Jehovah Jireh.
In His office as Jehovah Jireh, it matters not who you are or who you are not for Him to bless you. He blesses of His own Self and has no one to report to. He is the El Shaddai, the ALL Sufficient One who reports to no one and owes no one any explanation for what He chooses to do or not do.
In the past 22 years, He has revealed Himself to us. Now He has graciously chosen to release that revelation through us to you. Are you ready for an unforgettable encounter with this awesome and unique God?
.....to be continued tomorrow. Don’t miss what the Lord is about to say. Start repenting over every wrong doctrine you have allowed to make you to walk short of what God wants you to be! Be ready to receive so that you can fulfil your destiny and assignment on earth!
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