I believe....

I believe in God.

I believe that God created light out of darkness…

Life out of emptiness.

And I believe the scriptures in Genesis when they say that Elohim—God, powerful and almighty—created everything into being simply by speaking.

(I don’t mean this scientifically because I don’t think Genesis was intended to be a scientific proof, but I do mean that God’s nature and God’s essence and surpasses and eclipses any human inclination of factual familiarity.)

God is God and I am not.

But I do believe in God the father almighty.

I believe in Jesus Christ, the word of God made flesh, who died on a cross, conquered death and rose again to life everlasting.

I believe in the Holy Spirit who breathed like a thunderous wind at Pentecost and cannot be quenched in our own lives today.

Yes, I believe God;
a powerful, wondrous God.

Psalm 145 says:

I will extol you, my God and King,

   and bless your name for ever and ever.

Every day I will bless you,

   and praise your name for ever and ever.

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;

   God’s greatness is unsearchable.

One generation shall laud your works to another,

   and shall declare your mighty acts.

On the glorious splendor of your majesty,

   and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.

The might of your awesome deeds shall be proclaimed,

   and I will declare your greatness.

They shall celebrate the fame of your abundant goodness,

   and shall sing aloud of your righteousness.

Among other things, this Psalm proclaims God’s might and righteousness; God’s identity as the Conquering One—victorious over sin, and injustice, over death, cancer, depression, and worry conquering even our finances and our own moments of self-centeredness.

Our God is stronger than anything which would hold us back.

And as Paul says in Romans 8, I am convinced that nothing—NOTHING—in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.