The Word Who Made All Things Has Come Near
Considering Week 2 of our 2026 Bible Reading Plan: Creation Fulfilled in Christ
The Word Who Made All Things Has Come Near
When we think about creation, we often think of something God did “back then”, or “long ago”, at the beginning of the story. Genesis opens with a familiar and powerful declaration: “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). By His word, light breaks into darkness, order emerges from chaos, and life begins to flourish.
But Scripture does not leave creation in the past.
This week, we’re invited to see creation through a fuller lens... to recognize that the God who spoke the world into existence has not remained distant from it. He has entered it.
John opens his Gospel by intentionally echoing Genesis: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God… All things were made through him” (John 1:1–3). The same divine Word who called light into being is not merely a force or principle. He is a person. And astonishingly, “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14).
This is the heart of the Christian confession: the Creator has come near.
The New Testament presses this truth even further. Paul tells us that Christ is “the image of the invisible God… For by him all things were created… and in him all things hold together” (Colossians 1:15–17). The author of Hebrews agrees: the Son is the one “through whom [God] created the world,” and He continues to “uphold the universe by the word of his power” (Hebrews 1:2–3).
In other words, Jesus is not only the Redeemer who saves us from sin, He is the Creator who sustains every breath we take. The One who entered the world at Bethlehem is the same One who spoke the stars into place. Nothing exists outside His authority. Nothing unfolds apart from His care.
That truth reshapes how we read the rest of Scripture, and how we understand our own lives.
The psalms and wisdom literature this week help us slow down and respond rightly. Psalm 33 reminds us, “By the word of the LORD the heavens were made… Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him” (Psalm 33:6, 8). Proverbs 8 poetically pictures wisdom present with God in creation, delighting in His work and rejoicing in the world He made (Proverbs 8:22–31).
Creation is not cold or mechanical. It is purposeful, ordered, and sustained by a God who delights in what He has made.
And then Genesis 2 brings us to God’s rest, not because He is weary, but because His work is complete and good. God blesses and sanctifies rest, reminding us that creation was always meant for communion, not frantic striving.
Taken together, these passages invite us to lift our eyes. If Christ is the Creator who entered creation, then our lives are not random, overlooked, or insignificant. We are living inside a story He authored… and a story He stepped into.
That matters when life feels chaotic. It matters when the world feels unstable. It matters when we feel small.
The One who holds all things together has not lost His grip.
So as we read this week, we’re not just learning about creation, we’re being reminded of who Jesus is. He is the eternal Word. He is the sustaining Lord. He is the Creator who came near to bring light into our darkness and new creation into our brokenness.
And as we walk through this story together, we do so with confidence… the same confidence that Stephen demonstrated before the Sanhedrin… not because we understand everything, but because we trust the One who does.
After all, God is not in a hurry, and neither should we be when listening to His Word.
The Word Who Made All Things Has Come Near
When we think about creation, we often think of something God did “back then”, or “long ago”, at the beginning of the story. Genesis opens with a familiar and powerful declaration: “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). By His word, light breaks into darkness, order emerges from chaos, and life begins to flourish.
But Scripture does not leave creation in the past.
This week, we’re invited to see creation through a fuller lens... to recognize that the God who spoke the world into existence has not remained distant from it. He has entered it.
John opens his Gospel by intentionally echoing Genesis: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God… All things were made through him” (John 1:1–3). The same divine Word who called light into being is not merely a force or principle. He is a person. And astonishingly, “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14).
This is the heart of the Christian confession: the Creator has come near.
The New Testament presses this truth even further. Paul tells us that Christ is “the image of the invisible God… For by him all things were created… and in him all things hold together” (Colossians 1:15–17). The author of Hebrews agrees: the Son is the one “through whom [God] created the world,” and He continues to “uphold the universe by the word of his power” (Hebrews 1:2–3).
In other words, Jesus is not only the Redeemer who saves us from sin, He is the Creator who sustains every breath we take. The One who entered the world at Bethlehem is the same One who spoke the stars into place. Nothing exists outside His authority. Nothing unfolds apart from His care.
That truth reshapes how we read the rest of Scripture, and how we understand our own lives.
The psalms and wisdom literature this week help us slow down and respond rightly. Psalm 33 reminds us, “By the word of the LORD the heavens were made… Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him” (Psalm 33:6, 8). Proverbs 8 poetically pictures wisdom present with God in creation, delighting in His work and rejoicing in the world He made (Proverbs 8:22–31).
Creation is not cold or mechanical. It is purposeful, ordered, and sustained by a God who delights in what He has made.
And then Genesis 2 brings us to God’s rest, not because He is weary, but because His work is complete and good. God blesses and sanctifies rest, reminding us that creation was always meant for communion, not frantic striving.
Taken together, these passages invite us to lift our eyes. If Christ is the Creator who entered creation, then our lives are not random, overlooked, or insignificant. We are living inside a story He authored… and a story He stepped into.
That matters when life feels chaotic. It matters when the world feels unstable. It matters when we feel small.
The One who holds all things together has not lost His grip.
So as we read this week, we’re not just learning about creation, we’re being reminded of who Jesus is. He is the eternal Word. He is the sustaining Lord. He is the Creator who came near to bring light into our darkness and new creation into our brokenness.
And as we walk through this story together, we do so with confidence… the same confidence that Stephen demonstrated before the Sanhedrin… not because we understand everything, but because we trust the One who does.
After all, God is not in a hurry, and neither should we be when listening to His Word.
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