Apr 02 - OUT OF NOTHING

“God Who…calleth those things which be not as though they were” (Rom 4:17).

 

God created everything out of nothing. It is most dangerous to think we know something. To boast about our little knowledge is indeed very dangerous. “God creates out of nothing, God can make nothing out of him,” said Martin Luther.

 

What God created out of nothing is mighty. Often revival starts when ‘there is nothing’ – nothing of our cleverness, preaching or singing talent or any other human ability – but the pure grace of God. It is also true that very often revival is hindered when we, children of God, are not able to empty ourselves and come to a state of nothingness. Something that we have not dedicated or love more than our God, comes in the way of revival.

 

Elijah’s servant was right in one sense when he said “There is nothing.” There was nothing to human eyes as being favourable for a revival; everything was dark, dry and discouraging, but lo, and behold, “there was a great rain” (I Kgs 18:43,45).

 

We read that God created heaven out of nothing. When we realise our nothingness, when we realize how unworthy and empty we are, then and only then, can God create heaven in our spiritual lives. In fact, if ‘something’ we hold on to or which we have not dedicated to God stands in the way of our love or devotion to God, that could create, not heaven, but hell in our lives.

 

– Taken from Morning Manna – Thoughts for Daily Devotion