God left an indelible example and demonstration for us regarding the awesome power of His love. God’s love produces things. His love creates, motivates, and causes things to come together in the most miraculous ways. He didn’t have to let us in on these wondrous secrets, but He did. Words cannot describe the extraordinary depth of His goodness. Through His written Word, He’s given us documented proof of His excellence and how He wonderfully wove everything together. The very first place in which we can read about God’s creative power through His love is in Genesis 1:1-5 (NKJV). This passage says, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. 3 Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day” and the darkness “night.”” These five verses hold a key that can potentially unlock a treasure so phenomenal that you’ll literally have to pick yourself up off the floor when you discover it.
Genesis 1:1 tells us that in the beginning, God created! From the giddy-up God got busy making things happen. This gives us a terrific clue about a successful approach to life. We, you and I, are made in the image of God. Therefore, we have no other choice but to trust that we are created to make things happen as well. Creating through God’s love is part of our spiritual DNA. Heavenly Father has not given us substandard tools, because that would be impossible; every gift that comes from above is good and excellent in every way. Heavenly Father has provided the very best for us to work with; He’s given us the best that could be given! He’s given us the example of Jesus Christ, His magnificent Word, and the indwelling Holy Spirit.
Because of this, we can know resolutely that we are not to sit back twiddling our thumbs, we’re to get busy for the Kingdom! The Apostle Paul said it best in Ephesians 5:1-2 (ESV), “Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” This ought to make perfect sense in our minds, because we all know that we emulate or copy those closest to us—our parents, loved ones, friends, and people we admire. As Christians, there should be no one closer to us than Heavenly Father. Imitators of God is our identity. It’s who we are in Christ. To the extent that it is within our human and spiritual capabilities, we are to imitate God’s nature and duplicate the loving and positive things that He did through Jesus Christ in His Word.
Genesis 1:2 says that the earth was formless and empty. This was the state of our hearts and minds before we received salvation. And truth be told, it is the very way that some of us are today. We’re walking around feeling as though we have a formless and empty existence. Sure, we have people that love us. Many of us have a job to go to each morning and an ample share of family and friends, but even though we’re saved and Spirit filled, there’s a nameless piece of something meaningful that seems to be missing in our lives. Based on Genesis 1:2, I’m almost positive you understand that God knows the depth and breadth of a void, and He knows how to fill it. We must have overwhelming confidence that God is everything good and perfect, and love for Him is the void-filler we seek.
Through Jesus Christ, and because of his finished work on the cross, we are empowered by God to be void-fillers ourselves. Hebrews 13:21(NLT) says that God will “make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.” The Spirit of Christ lives in us and gives us unlimited potential. A key to the freedom and blessings we seek is to do God’s Will and let Him be at work within us. In other words, Heavenly Father fills us, and through His infilling, we then fill others. Are you doing this to the degree that God desires?
You might look at your circumstances and think, “I don’t even know where to begin.” Well, the first place to begin is to ask yourself a critical question, “Is there any selfishness in the greatest desire of your heart?” Why is this question important? It is important because God’s love is the greatest power that exists, and from the very beginning in Genesis 1, He has shown us by His example that love always and forever considers the benefit of others. This is a foundational key to unlocking treasures, and it is the only way to create space for the blessings we seek.
At your core, you must have a deep desire to touch as many lives with your love and blessings as you possibly can. If you don’t feel this stirring in your soul, you must ask the Holy Spirit to create in you a new heart and a right spirit. God’s Word says that He will do this for us, if we ask Him.
Love’s power is activated by a deep and earnest desire to be of service and to build that which God has purposed. John 3:16(NLT) tells us, “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” God gave the life of His only begotten Son to save the world. There is no way to measure the incredible value and worth of God’s sacrifice, because it is immeasurable. Jesus Christ, knowing full well his worth, gave back to God the very thing God sacrificed. Jesus mirrored God’s glorious unselfishness! He mirrored the wealth of God’s love, so that the glory God gave him could be mirrored and given back to God. This aids our understanding of God’s delight when He said in Matthew 3:17(NKJV), “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
Are you praying to receive something from God? Have you been praying to receive it for a while? Could it be that you have not considered how the blessing you receive will give glory back to our God? Heavenly Father does not need our help in determining what will bring Him glory. He knows what will bring Him glory and our only requirement is to cooperate with His plan. He is not a risk-taker, because risk implies one does not know the outcome. God knows every outcome. This is why He has such faith in us. He knows that we will become all that He has planned. We must know it too and begin to make decisions and choices that align with who God has purposed us to be and what He has purposed us to do. This is the total surrender to God’s Will that unlocks blessings and causes us to please God with our whole lives.■
Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
“Unlocking the Treasure of Blessings” written by Reverend Fran Mack, edited by Kim Times, for Sundie Morning Sistas ©2020. All rights reserved. All done to the glory of God through Jesus Christ, our Lord! Sundie Morning Sistas is dedicated to spiritual inspiration and encouragement through the Word of God.