Genesis 1:6-13 – God created the environment, earth, seas and vegetation

In just seven verses from Genesis 1:6-13, we see a description of several things that God had created – the environment, the earth, the seas and the vegetation. He had them created over two days. We are first told that God separated His physical creation into two halves. The top expanse stored the water from above. It must be water of the snow and the dew. We are told that there were also waters below the expanse. The purpose for this description is to tell us of the preparation God made for the creation of life forms. How considerate is God? As we had said earlier, He is a God of plan and purpose. He knew that the life forms He would soon create would need living area, so He put them in place first. All this He did on the second day. If God thought about such minute details, dare we think that He is oblivious of our needs? God thinks of us all the time. He has plans installed for us beyond our wildest dreams. He challenges us to unlock His plan and the dreams He has for us.

What God did on the third day was recorded in verses 9-13. On this day, He gathered the water below the heavens into one place so that dry land would become visible and He called the dry land, earth. Then he had the waters under the heavens, probably stored in different parts of the earth, to be called seas. Bear in mind in verse 2 we are told that the earth was already present. He first created the heaven (sky) and the earth. And in verses 11-12 we see the description of natural science. The vegetation God caused to sprout up had no relationship to the sun and rain as yet. It sprout up none the less due to the yielding power of the earth. These verses did not just indicate the power that the Sovereign God can wield, but also capable of bringing forth a variety of plants, fruit-bearing plants. God is creative and so we can find variety. God multiplies so we find seeds capable of bearing fruit. In other words, He did not just cause a single type of plant to sprout up. What came forth out of the earth were of different kinds and species, capable of multiplying themselves. This is borne up by the seeds they contain and the fact that they are capably of bearing fruits. Variety of species add spice to life.

Can we understand than that God made us creatively different? In the Godhead there is unity, yet in them we find diversity. God wants us to be like what we see in the Godhead, different functions and yet performing harmoniously. We must discover ways to amalgamate our differences in personal life and with the lives of other different believers. This will help us to make our varieties into one single organized coordinated whole, to reflect the glow, the beauty and glory of God. Remember, God’s creation is orderly in beauty and in symmetry, displayed in all her brilliance. Like them, when our lives are well ordered, we will have beauty and symmetry. We don’t have to be envious of what others have, and bemoan what we do not have. We are all different species, intended by God to add to the beauty and symmetry of His creation. We are also capable of reproducing ourselves in others, through the function of discipleship. So that there will be more people to love, honor and serve Him. We all need to be blooming where we are planted. That’s the plan of God! Find it and cultivate it!