This Present Chaos

When I ask, "Who is God to you?" most people will reach for the first answer:  The Creator.

Our thoughts go to Genesis and the original chaos -- the unformed abyss where nothing makes sense, nothing is connected.  And then, the Spirit of God hovers over the waters.  The Breath of God speaks:  Light!  Be!  And there was Light for the first time.  And there was evening and there was morning for the first time.

Morning brought a change in the shape of things.

God is He Who Acts.  He is Light.  He is Energy.  He is Motion.  He is Goodness.

Where He is, He penetrates the darkness, and the darkness must fall back:  the darkness of confusion, of error, of hatred, of meaninglessness -- the chaos of pain, of oppression, of fear and lack of peace.

LIGHT! BE!!

And slowly, gradually, softly, the Light pushes back the darkness and holds it at bay.

In each life, God reveals Himself through its history.  Our collective history and our personal histories are the prime means of God revealing Himself to us.  He still pushes back the darkness in our lives.  He still brings peace to the chaos and confusion.  He still hovers over the angry waters, breathing peace.

WHAT GOD DID, GOD DOES!  He still acts today as He acted then.  He has not changed.

There is no difference between the first day of creation and this day!  It is the same God Who ACTS today, the Same Spirit Who Breathes over the waters today.

It is the Same Word that speaks today over this present chaos:  Light! Be!  And the darkness has never understood or overcome the Light of this world (Jn. 1).  We wait in hope for our personal dawn of creation.  We look up, knowing we will not be put to shame.  We believe.  We trust.  We know.