The Trinity: The God of the Beginning (Elohei Kedem)
The God of the beginning is your refuge,
and His eternal arms are under you.
Deuteronomy 33:27, Author’s Translation
God is the God of the Beginning. He started time. Before the events of the first verse in the Bible, there was nothing but God. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). You measure time by the sequence between events, but before the beginning, there were no human events to measure; there was only God. If God hadn’t begun everything, there would be no abstract thing like time. You’d never be late; you’d never waste time, because you wouldn’t know what it was. If God hadn’t created time, you might never accomplish anything, because there’d be no starting time or quitting time or overtime.
God, I’m glad You made time; You give meaning to my minutes. I know I’m using my hours and eventually I’ll die. “My times are in Your hand” (Psalm 31:15).
God made a choice to begin everything. Can you follow His example? Do you have something you need to start today? Head knowledge doesn’t usually move us to begin something. Sometimes our emotions move us to begin a project. But knowing and feeling are not enough. You must exercise your will; you must choose to begin. Isn’t that what the God of the Beginning did? Just as He chose to begin everything, you must choose to begin today what you put off yesterday.
O God of the Beginning, teach us to understand how many days we have (Psalm 90:12). Help me begin today what I must do. Amen.
Go Deeper: Deuteronomy 33:26-29 to 34:12
Just as God began everything, so I must learn to begin my projects.
