2 posts tagged “creation”
Another recommendation for this year: Creation and Fall / Temptation is a compilation of both works by Dietrich Bonhoffer, who was an amazing theologian before being executed by the Nazi's for plotting to assassinate Hitler. His insights into the first three chapter of Genesis are something special. Also, his updated Letters and Papers From Prison is an interesting study into his own life and struggles while imprisoned.
I was trying to nap...but I started thinking about this blog, and so I was compelled to write it. I don't think I can sleep unless I get this down.
About a month and half ago, there was a hypnotist that visited my college. It got me thinking about all kinds of things, such as how to interact and address the very reality of a hypnotist, and the spiritual realm in which they sometimes dwell. As a general rule, I am not a fan of hypnotists, because it is quite shady. Although this might not be true of all hypnotists, at least some are very clearly connected to demonic activity. The testimony of trustworthy people has taught me that. Now I could just rail on hypnotists and how evil they are, but I want to address the relationship between Satan and God, and the power that both wield.
During the promotional gambit at lunch in the dining hall, the hypnotist got up on a chair and showed everyone how he could make two forks act like they were strongly magnetic, one hanging from the other. He did this to establish his repitoire, and his power and abilities. But he wasn't showing anything crazy or completely out of the ordinary...these were cheap tricks.
Similarly, Satan tries to flex his muscles in certain places over certain parts of history. He yells to humanity, "See, I wield power, for I can raise the ocean to flood you and use the winds to destroy you." But God shrugs, simply retorting, "I created it all." Compared with the awesomeness and beauty and majesty of the Lord's creation, everything is a cheap trick. If we stand and say, "look God, I created a building and a family and all this other stuff," we will be shamed, for God's work is infinitely greater. Instead of trying to rival God's creation or thinking that we are on level footing, a belief that will ultimately make us shamed, it is truly said that we stand highest when we bow lowest.
Let us throw ourselves at the feet of the Almighty. For Jesus is the Word through which all things are made. And let us fall in worship, exhalting Him, worshipping him for the beauty of his creation.
