Light! I said Light!!!

Monday June 27th, Genesis 1: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. OK evil one, let’s see you try that! The first mention of temptation was not from the devil at all, but from a talking serpent. The first temptation mentioned was also in Genesis, it was to be like God. We have been trying to do that ever since. The true essence of sin is to be like God and therefore slowly but surely come to the point where you don’t think you need God, or perhaps like the Gnostics, think that someday you too can be a god all your own on your own world. The next time you feel you don’t need God, try standing out in the middle of the yard, away from any switches, at night, and try saying “let there be light” and see if you can make it daytime. (I know that the middle of June in Alaska might seem like it should work, but you know what I mean). If you can do it, you don’t need God.