“God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good.” (Genesis 1:31)
One of the first things that Genesis introduces us to is the idea of goodness. Goodness is when things are as they ought to be. Before we are faced with bad, we are first given a picture of good. We cannot discuss evil without talking about righteousness anymore than we can discuss darkness without talking about light.
Goodness, righteousness, and light are positive creations. Badness, evil, and darkness are merely the absence of those things. When we are upset by the evil in the world or the wickedness in it, what we are really doing is mourning the absence of goodness. The existence of every human being is a search to return to that state in which God made everything “very good”.
Matthew 4:4 #Biblebites
This Week’s Reading: Genesis 1-12; Psalm 1; Proverbs 1 This year, #Biblebites are looking at lessons from the history of the Old Testament. Each week reads a section of history with a Psalm to meditate on and a dash of Proverbs to dwell upon. If you would like a copy of the reading schedule, you can view it here: https://eastlandchristians.org/news-events/2024-vision