Chaos

 

“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.”

 I have been pondering this verse for days now and I am struck first by the fact that something God created could be formless and empty. I don’t understand how that can be and have asked for some revelation but all I hear is that I don’t need to know or understand everything, and if I did know all things I would no longer need faith and of course without faith it is impossible to please God. So I will be satisfied with wondering.

  The other thing that caught my attention is the phrase “darkness covered”. I looked into this and found that the word darkness has the same or similar meaning as ‘chaos’; “complete confusion and disorder; a state in which behavior and events are not controlled by anything”, Webster’s Dictionary.

 After God created the heavens and the earth chaos reigned, but while chaos was in ‘control’ “the Spirit of God was hovering” over it.

  My mind tends to wander down ‘rabbit trails’ and while running after one of those bunnies I began to relate the conditions on earth today with Genesis 1:2. The whole world is in a state of complete confusion and disorder with no one in control. The things we used to take for granted, safety and security are no more and it is impossible to know who the “bad guys” are anymore or who is an ally of whom.

  Many believers I know are struggling with a sense of hopelessness and despair because of the seemingly unrestrained progression of evil. The slaughter of believers by the tens of thousands, Islamic terrorism on the rise, the war between Israel and Gaza, corruption in our own government, wars and rumors of war and outbreaks of plagues have all sent shock waves of fear through many. A moral and subsequent financial decline of America leaves little hope for their children’s prosperity and recent polls indicate that for the first time that a majority of Americans do not believe the next generation will be better off than the present.

 Just as was the case when the earth was first formed and chaos covered the ‘deep waters’, when God speaks order will come. Deep is calling to deep now and if we hear His voice and respond to the call to go into the waters with abandonment seeking to immerse ourselves in Him, He will bring restoration.

  All that is necessary for the evil and chaotic turmoil engulfing the world today to end is for God to speak. When He says “Let there be Light”, His light will emerge and every name that is named and every force arrayed against His purpose will bow to His command.

  As it was in the beginning, darkness and light are indistinguishable and intertwined. Many believers are so entrenched in the world that the light they carry within them cannot be seen. But soon He will “speak” and at the sound of His voice darkness will be forcibly separated from the light and the light will overcome the darkness.