Genesis 1.1

Several years ago I had the opportunity to travel in Italy. One of our stops in this beautiful country was to view the statue of David, by Michelangelo, in Florence. My first impression of this artwork, was how tall it was. The statue itself, from the top of his head to his feet is just under 17 feet tall and it stands upon a pedestal. My second impression was just how perfect this sculpture appeared to be. It is said that this piece of marble was a discarded block that sat unused for 25 years. Previous artists deemed it to be worthless because of the "flaws" that they observed. But when Michelangelo looked at this block of marble he saw the finished product, he saw David. (source)

CC Image: Michelangelo's David by Jörg Bittner Unna
on Wikimedia Commons  

When I read Genesis 1.1 I got to believe that in His omniscience God saw the entire expanse of the universe throughout all time before He even spoke it into being. Before there was the heavens, there was God. Before there was the earth, there was God. Before there was even time, there was God. 

This verse is the foundation of all the verses that follow it because God was, and God is, and God will always be. 

There is hope and promise in this verse. There is power and strength is this verse. There is peace and assurance in this verse. 

Can you image God's holy word starting off with any other declarative statement? Me neither.  

The next time you look up at the night sky, give praise to the Creator, the ultimate artist who took an expanse of nothingness and turned it into the wonderful and marvelous universe.