Pam Padgett ... teacher
Psalm 33:8 Let all the earth fear the
Lord: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. 9 For
he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
In the account of God creating the heaven and the earth, we have a
wonderful example of God speaking and it being done and standing fast. As
God created each thing, He simply spoke, and it was done. Each thing
God created was set in place and continues according to HIS purpose ...
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the
earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon
the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the
waters. 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light
from the darkness. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he
called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Genesis 1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under
the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was
so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the
morning were the second day.
Genesis 1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear:
and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering
together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring
forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit
after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Genesis 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night;
and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 15
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light
upon the earth: and it was so. 16 And God made two great lights; the
greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night:
he made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the
heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 And to rule over the day and
over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw
that it was good.
Genesis 1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring
forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may
fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. 21 And God
created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the
waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl
after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them,
saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and
let fowl multiply in the earth.
Genesis 1:24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the
living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of
the earth after his kind: and it was so. 25 And God made the beast
of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every
thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it
was good.
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image,
after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea,
and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the
earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So
God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him;
male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said
unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and
subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl
of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. 29
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which
is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the
fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. 30 And to
every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every
thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given
every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Throughout time, what God created continues to stand fast ... Light and
darkness are divided (night and day). The heavens and earth remain in place. The seas are separated from dry land. Vegetation brings forth fruit and seeds. The sun, moon and stars remain in place giving light and being signs for seasons and years. Birds
fly in the sky, fish live in the sea, and animals live on dry land, all
multiplying as God set forth. Man has food to eat, dominion over birds,
fish, and animals, and continues to populate the earth. And all will remain
until the end of this world, when God will cause the heavens to pass away and the earth to be burned up (2 Peter 3:10).
Psalm 33:8 Let all the earth fear the Lord: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.