Learning From Jehovah's Creative Power

What do we learn from Jehovah's use of his creative power? We are awestruck by the diversity of creation. One psalmist exclaimed: "How many works are, O Jehovah! . . The earth is full of your productions." (Psalm 104:24) How true! Biologists have identified well over a million species of living things on earth; yet, opinions vary as to whether there may be as many as 10 million, 30 million, or more. A human artist may find that his creativity runs dry at times. In contrast, Jehovah's creativity-his power to invent and create new and diverse things-is obviously inexhaustible.

Jehovah's use of his creative power teaches us about his sovereignty. The very word "Creator" separates Jehovah from everything else in the universe, all of which is 'creation." Even Jehovah's only-begotten Son, who served as "a master worker" during creation, is never called Creator or co-Creator in the Bible. (Proverbs 8:30; Matthew 19:4) . Rather, he is "the firstborn of all creation." (Colossians 1:15) Jehovah's position as the Creator gives him the intrinsic right to wield exclusive sovereign power over all the universe. -Romans 1:20; Revelation 4:11.

Has Jehovah stopped exercising his creative power? Well, the Bible does say that when Jehovah finished his creative work on the sixth creative day, "he proceeded to rest on the seventh day from all his work that he had made." (Genesis 2:2) The apostle Paul indicated that this seventh "day" is thousands of years long, for it was still ongoing in his day. (Hebrews 4:3-6) But does "rest" means that Jehovah has stopped working altogether? No, Jehovah never stops working. (Psalm 92:4; John 5:17) His rest, then, must simply refer to the cessation of his work of physical creation respecting the earth. His work of bringing his purposes to fulfillment, however, has continued uninterrupted. Such work has included the inspiration of the Holy Scriptures. His work has even involved the bringing forth of "a new creation," which will be discussed in Chapter 19. -2 Corinthians 5:17.

When Jehovah's rest day finally comes to an end, he will be able to pronounce all of his work on the earth "very good," much as he did at the end of the six creative days. (Genesis 1:31) How he may choose to exercise his limitless creative power thereafter remains to be seen. IN any event, we may be assured that we will continue to be fascinated by Jehovah's use of creative power. Throughout all eternity, we will learn more about Jehovah through his creation. (Ecclesiastes 3:11) The more we learn about him, the more profound our awe will become -and the closer we will draw close to our Grand Creator.

Next time: Destructive Power -"Jehovah Is A Manly Person Of War"

Draw Close To Jehovah, 2002