Genesis 1 What's The First Thing God Said After Creating People?

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Psalm 1:1-3 Who Gets Blessed?

1:1 "Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; 2 but his delight is in law of the Lord and on His law he meditates day and night. 3 He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season/proper time, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper."

Observations: 1:1-3 Wisdom literature marks out two paths: one that leads to blessings and good times, the other, a shriveled sad soul. Your desires determine the difference. In what do you delight? Are you blessable? Read the rest of this Psalm in the next post on Genesis 2.

Application: Meditation is thinking through Implications for Applications. Think about it. What should you do and what should you not do? See the post on Joshua 1:8 for more.

Prayer: God, help me draw my delight and strength from Your Word rather than the world. Amen.

Proverbs 1:7 How Do We Become Wise?

1:7 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge (and wisdom--from Proverbs 9:10); but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction."

Observation: Wisdom is choosing the right objectives and the right means of attaining them. You need both. If you don't care what God thinks, to the extent that it controls your actions (Proverbs 14:27), you are foolish.

Prayer: Lord, help me know and do Your will. Amen.

Genesis 1 What's the First Thing God Said After He Created People?

1:1 "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters. 3 God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness...26 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 birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 God created man in His own image. In God’s image He created him; male and female He created them. 28 God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” ...31 God saw everything that He had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day."

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Observations: Everything is based upon what God says. Creation starts with light (synonymous with glory, power, energy, dominion, etc, in the Bible), which is good. After we were created, it was very good.

1:26 Our understanding of being made in the image of God has to start with God as seen in Genesis 1:1-25 (He speaks; it happens; exercising dominion).
1:28 Blessing is in the intensive, intentional Hebrew verb form (Piel). Our God is the One Who Loves to Bless (see Genesis 12). All we have to do is be in a place where He can bless us.

Question: From Genesis 1, can you figure out why we were created?

Application: What do you have to do to be in a position where God can bless you?

(Hint: Bruce Wilkinson's “Prayer of Jabez” is good. Psalm 1 is very good, and Proverbs 1:7 isn't a bad idea.)

Prayer: My Creator and God, I praise You for revealing Yourself to be a God who does what is good, and loves to bless. Thank You for giving me life. Help me use it to know and please You. Amen.

Digging Deeper: 
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