God conquered chaos. Wow, what a
phrase that is and oh how so true, and it doesn’t stop in the past as God still
conquers chaos. He conquers chaos in the
individual lives of people and globally throughout the world. It may not seem like
he does, but he does.
During the time of Noah, God was
not pleased with the way the world was going – “The Lord saw how great the
wickedness of the human race had become on earth….” Genesis 6 v 5
The Lord was so disappointed that
he “….. regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, an his heart was
deeply troubled” Genesis 6 v 6
So He decided to “wipe from the
face of the earth the human race I have created….”Genesis 6 v 7
The Lord was so troubled, he
decided that in order to conquer the chaos sin had created, he would send a
flood to wipe away the human race. This
sounds very harsh, but He did save one family – that of Noah, who “was a
righteous man, blameless among the people of his rime, and he walked faithfully
with God” Genesis 6 v 9
God conquered the chaos, but wasn’t
so harsh to kill everyone – he not only saved Noah and his family but He also
saved the animals too – so that His world could be recreated again.
In Exodus, the Egyptian rule over
the Israelite's was awful and displeased the Lord. There was chaos in Egypt so the Lord arranged
for the Israelite's to be freed, but in doing this God created chaos himself
with all the plague that he had sent.
But the plagues were necessary to loosen Pharaoh’s heart and free the Israelite's
from slavery.
When leaving Egypt the Israelite’s
faced a challenge – how to cross the red sea? But God parted the sea for them
to cross, giving them a safe passage.
But when the Egyptians who are following them attempt to cross God
drowns them. Here He is showing that He
is a mighty God.
In the time of both Noah and
Moses God conquered chaos in different ways.
He brought life out of death by saying Noah and his family and by
freeing the Israelite’s from slavery and oppression.
God brought salvation out of
judgement. He recreated his people from
the waters of death. And it wasn’t just
with the Red Sea and the flood that God showed his power, he did it again in
Joshua 3 – 4 with the parting of the River Jordan and he will keep saving his
people from chaos.
So when in despair about storms
in our own lives or in the world – it is best not to despair but to have faith
and hope that the chaos which is in force will be conquered by God.
We may not feel like God is
working in our situations by God is always working in the background.
God unravels His creation to
recreate His people.
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