Power of Chaos

Key Scripture:  “The earth was without form and void.”  Genesis 1:2

Power Point:

      Originally when I first read the verse above, I thought that there was nothing there in the "nothingness" that became the heavens and the earth.  Not true!  The word “without form” actually means there was no shape to what was there, but indeed there was something there. There was confusion, unreality, emptiness or, are you ready for this? There was CHAOS!  Chaos means that everything that was in that gaping hole, that place that was topsy-turvy, only needed a word from God to change things.  "Without form", meant that the space was actually filled with confusion. God spoke and changed all that. He brought a perfect order and established a new authority. I guess you could say that He set boundaries for the chaos.

       If we don’t establish God’s word as the “new” authority in our lives we will never get anything “new” will we? If we don’t allow Him to “speak” into our lives, we will never have form and power.  If we continue in the chaos of the “old” guess where we’ll be this time next year, and the year after that and the year after that.

     So what’s going to be “new” for you this year?  I’ve heard a lot of people talking about their “new year’s resolutions”.  May I offer a word of wisdom?

 If you take a long look at your life today are there are probably places that are chaotic; places that seem to perpetually confuse you and keep your thoughts topsy-turvy?  The original word for “chaos” meant a wide gaping hole. Beloved if we don’t fill ourselves with the words of God and the Word of God, we will be filled with chaos. What you don’t fill will be filled with something. Wouldn’t you rather be filled with something amazing?

     In the very beginning of creation, God showed us what His word could do.

     When the Bible says, “He spoke”, it means that He created something “new” out of the old. It was dark. God said, “Let there be light and there was light.” He created man out of something already created and made a “new” thing. If you go back and review creation you’ll always find Him reshaping old into “new”. What a powerful picture for us.

     It’s the beginning of a “new” year. God promises that His word will not ever return void, empty or useless. He will change the “old” into the “new”. His word will take what you have now and reshape it into a flourishing life.

     Do you trust Him to do that? If your little corner of the earth is “without form and void”, let Him bring order and fill the gaping hole of your chaos with His life, with His Spirit, and with the powerful order of His creative Word.  Let Him destroy the power of Chaos and restore the authority over your life that Jesus died to give you.

Ready to try it?  After all, what have you got to lose?

Power Thought:

Jesus is the Prince of Peace. If He can turn water into wine, He can create peace from your confusion. Wise men and women still seek Him and ask Him to do that.