On the second day of creation God gave form to his creation. Genesis 1:6-8 says, 6And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water.” 7So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so. 8God called the expanse “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning–the second day.
God separated the water that he had created into two parts, one below the expanse and the other above the expanse. He gathered the water below together to form the earth and left a canopy of water above the sky.
God gave form to the planet Earth. God had a plan for earth and that is why he made it. He created it as a place where he would put life. You could say that out of all God has created, Earth is his favored child. It is the focus of his creation and he loves it and everything on it.
Water Separated from Sky
The first substance God gathered together was water, a substance absolutely essential for the life he would create later. Between the waters, God made an expanse. In the expanse, God put the atmosphere in the sky around the earth containing the air necessary for life.
Air supplies the oxygen our bodies need to live. Every cell of our body needs oxygen every second of every day. Without oxygen, we die in a matter of minutes. The air is made up of tiny particles of oxygen and other invisible gases. These particles stay in the air around the earth because of the pull of gravity.
No living thing can function without water and all living things are made up mostly of water. Your body is about two-thirds water. Every part of your body needs water every moment of every day. Your blood couldn’t flow without it, your brain couldn’t process information, and you wouldn’t be able to digest food. Nothing in your body would work without water.
When our bodies lack water, a feeling of thirst is triggered. Drinking water satisfies thirst so we don’t get dehydrated and die. Just as our physical bodies need water to survive so, our spirit needs God. We should be like the Psalmist who said O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirst for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
If we thirst after God, we recognize that a relationship with him is necessary for spiritual life. We see that we die spiritually without him just as we die physically without water to drink. We have to drink of God’s presence and fill our lives with him to satisfy spiritual thirst and gain spiritual life.
The Woman at the Well
In talking with the woman who was at the well in John 4:13-14, Jesus said, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
Jesus is the one who satisfies our souls and gives us what we need for spiritual life, if we are not continually filled with him we die spiritually.
- Overview Questions: What did God do to the waters on the second day of creation? Why is water important? What formed the earth’s atmosphere? What did it contain? What did Jesus say about himself in terms of water? What does that mean?
- Thought Questions: Why was the earth the first thing God gave form to? What does it mean to be God’s favored child? Why is the earth God’s favored child? How has God shown how much he loves the earth?
- Prayer: Thank God that he created the earth and all that is in it for his enjoyment and pleasure. Thank him for his great love and faithfulness to the earth and all it contains. Pray that you would thirst after God, want to live your life in a way that delights him and makes him glad that he created man.
- Week’s Memory Verse: Psalm 63:1
What should we be thirsty for?
We are to thirst for God like our bodies thirst for water.
O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
God is the is the coldest glass of water on the hottest day of your life. We just need to drink him up.