A New Beginning With God, His Word And His Spirit

Genesis 1:1-3

'Genesis' means 'beginning'. Its opening verses challenge us to get our priorities right.
(a) the priority of God (1)
God comes first. Before anyone else is mentioned, He is there.
(b) the priority of God's Word (3)
God is the first to speak. Before any human word is spoken, there is the Word of the Lord.
(c) the priority of God's Spirit (2)
All was 'empty', all was 'darkness', yet 'the Spirit of God' was at
work, and transformation was set in motion.
Here, we have God's priorities, set out in the first three verses of the Bible. Putting God first and listening to His Word, we are to pray for the moving of God's Spirit, 'hovering over' our lives to transform them. For those who make God's priorities their own, there is a promise of great blessing (Psalm 1:1-2). It is the great blessing of knowing Jesus Christ, our Saviour, as 'God with us' (Matthew 1:23).