From Nothing to Something

by Chuck Adair on April 17, 2024

From Nothing to Something

Read Genesis 1:1

Today’s Truth

The word ‘created’ here means ‘to form out of nothing’. God didn’t create the heavens and the earth from scratch – He created the ‘scratch’ too! (So, to speak…) He took a bunch of nothing, a handful or zilch, a truckload of zero, and made the universe and everything in it.

Discussion Questions

God created something from something. How does that make you feel about God?
How does God create beauty out of our lives that are broken and sin-filled?
How has God changed your brokenness and use it for his glory?

Application

The Bible is full of stories of people who have absolutely nothing to offer God, but when they surrender themselves to God, He uses them in great and powerful ways. So next time you feel useless, worthless, like a big fat zero – great! You’re just the kind of person God’s looking for. Give yourself to Him and let Him turn your nothing into something.

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About the Author

Chuck Adair

If you ask Chuck his favorite thing in life to do, he would tell you it is the teaching and preaching of the scriptures and to call all people to engage in the great adventure of abiding with Christ. He desires to connect people with the richness, adventure, and fullness of life that comes through Christ alone and to reach the unchurched, de-churched, dead-churched, and unmoved. Chuck is married to his best friend Kristin and has two adult children, Taylor and Linley. Kris and Chuck believe the quality of their marriage rises and falls, not on circumstances or feelings, but based on their daily abiding with Jesus (Jn 15.5).

From Nothing to Something