Working with God

Genesis 2:5 is an 'easy to miss the point' verse. After listing the things that God had created in the world thus far, the Bible stops to say: 'There would be loads more plants, but they hadn't appeared yet because humans hadn't been working the soil.' Wow! The story of the creation of the world includes this point: 'Nothing more is happening until people come to keep creating it.' This means that God partners with us. The world isn't a big old clock that he's wound up and let go - no, we're involved, hand in hand with God, to make the world work.

This helps us realise why we're supposed to preach the Gospel. Ever heard someone ask, 'If God wants to save people, why doesn't he just do it himself?' This is why. He's committed to working in the world with us.

We've been privileged to hear the greatest story. Not only that, but as people who've been rescued by Jesus, we're a key part of it. It falls to us to declare this story's hope to others, pouring our lives out in service of a King, over and over until the day we're called home. Not always easy, we know. But, like the heroes of the Bible who started off small and then did great things, let's allow God to use us to help him.



So what now? Changing the world starts with one step. Ask God to show you a way to help him this week. And when he shows you, jump straight in!





— SCRIPTURE —

'There were no people to cultivate the soil.' Genesis 2:5 NLT
— SOULFOOD —

Ruth 1-4, Matt 11:1-19, Ps 88:1-9a, Pro 13:1-3