When God finished creating each day’s task, he saw that it was good. The Hebrew word for saw is “ra a.” It literally means “to see, look at, inspect.”
- The first time the Bible says that Adonai “saw” is in verse 4 of Genesis 1 after He commanded light to appear. Then He looked at the light and the Bible says, “He SAW that it was good.”
- The second time it is used is in verse 10 of Genesis 1. He literally says to the dry land, “You are called ‘Earth'” and to the water “You are called ‘Seas’.” As the Master Designer, He creates. It’s what He does — making something out of nothing! Then He inspects His creation. Then He proclaims over it that it is good! He took a world that was flawed because of an angelic rebellion and makes something good. (Remember that Lucifer and a third of the angels were cast into the earth.)
Seven times in Genesis God “saw” that what he had done was good! He did not do that for his benefit because He knew His own capabilities. He knew that He could declare something to be and it would appear just as He envisioned it! But He did it (saw) for our benefit.
He knew that one day we would accuse him of creating a flawed universe, or flawed angels, flawed earth . . . or flawed humans. And that one day we would blame our situation on Him. Adam blamed Him even when he was a witness to the “good” state of the world. Eve indirectly blames Him even when she had the same knowledge as Adam.
When have you blamed Him . . . and what have you blamed Him for?
But He inspected His creation for us. He performed such a condescending task of inspecting His creation for us.
Isn’t that encouraging? He sees you, brokenness and all, but He proclaimed that everything He made was good. Now that you are covered by the blood of His Son, you’re better than “good”! You’re extraordinary!
PRAYER: Abba, again we must say that you are AMAZING! How passionately you want us to know of your love for us that from the beginning you would stand back (if that’s what you did) look upon what you had done, inspect, and see the goodness of it! You took away all of our excuses! Thank you! Help us to receive your love and the reality of how extraordinary we are in your Son. Amen.
wow! this essay helped me to see so many events in the world and to see that how God looks at things is so different from how WE look at things.
And, since we are the “center of our own universe” in terms of our emotional spin on our life circumstance, it’s too easy for us to condemn our circumstance and a God that oversees it all.
Abba, help me to see my life with your eyes, albeit briefly. Help me to see my travails as an adventure for you to do a miracle, rather than as a punishment for some perceived wrong on my part. You ARE a God of the impossible! Thank you for another chance to believe in your love for me.
It’s hard to see that God saw and proclaimed me as His good work, bcz I don’t see myself as good. Reading this passage shows me that I must see myself as God does. It reveals my un godly beliefs of myself and another level of seeing myself as God sees me. I desire to see myself as He “saw” me.
This is so beautiful! To see ourselves as God sees us! That is the ultimate goal! Let’s keep striving! We can do it!
Juanita, you KNOW how much I needed this!! Thank you an bless you!
I receive the blessing! HE SEES YOU!!!!!!
Bravo! As usual, you have made me ponder, and that is good. I have long since stopped “blaming” G-d for things in my life. I rather ask Him when I’m going through, “LORD, what does this episode my travail have to do with my travels to become “blameless”? It is a journey! May Yah bless you.
Les Lewis
Blessings to you, too! Thanks for replying! Yes, it is a must to move past the place of blaming God and ask that question you cited! Oh, that we can walk in that degree of maturity.