Genesis chapter 1

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

In the beginning, there was nothing except God and then he created the heavens and the earth.

It always amazes me how people think the universe just happened, and that there is no Creator, no design. It surely takes a much bigger leap of faith to believe there is no God who created the Universe, than it does to believe there is a God?
I reckon people deliberately block their minds to the thought that God exists, that He is real, because then they would have to rethink their lives, the way they act, the things they do and say. After all, if God exists, and the bible is true, then the end of the world is coming, there is going to be judgment and there is a heaven and a hell…. It is easier to ignore all this, to refuse to accept that God exists than it is to change your way of life, your behaviour. And yet the consequences of doing this, of refusing to accept that there is a God who loves each one of us so very much, are catastrophic. I mean, who would really want to spend eternity in the lake of fire? Not me for sure, but that is what people are facing when they reject God.

So, going back to the creation, this is what was created on each of the six days:

1. Heavens and earth, day and night;
2. Sky;
3. Land and seas, vegetation;
4. Sun, moon, stars;
5. Fish and birds;
6. Animals, man and woman.

And on the seventh day, God rested.

That, I think just shows the importance of having a day of rest. Not just because God did, but because it gives us a rest, a break from work. Our bodies have time to recover from whatever we have been doing through the week, and we can spend the day with family, friends, go out for the day, stay in, read a book, mess on the computer, just veg in front of the tv, whatever. We can also take time out to praise God, to give Him the thanks for all that has gone on in the week, and to just worship.