GOD’S GREATEST CREATION IS WITHIN HUMANITY

The story of creation holds deep and powerful lessons. In Genesis 1:27, we’re told:

“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” — Genesis 1:27 (ESV)

But if we carefully look at the six days of creation, we notice something interesting: one important creation was left out the woman. Imagine the scene as God finishes His work and rests on the seventh day yet Eve hasn’t been created. It’s almost as if God “forgot” her. But He didn’t. There was a profound reason behind the delay.

God left Adam alone on earth for a significant period of time. During that time, Adam observed all of creation. He saw the sun, the stars, the animals, the trees, and the beauty of everything around him. And he likely thought, “Wow, God has made everything perfectly. I don’t need anything else.”

But Adam didn’t realize that God wasn’t finished yet. There was still a masterpiece waiting to be revealed a part of creation so precious, God had reserved it for the right time.

After that long stretch of solitude maybe months or even years life in the garden continued as usual. But when the moment came for God to complete His creative work, He returned to the garden. This time, He didn’t form someone from the dust again. Instead, God dealt directly with Adam.

He caused Adam to fall into a deep sleep. And while Adam slept, God reached into his side removing one of his ribs. We’re not told exactly how this happened, but we know it was an intimate and deliberate act. Perhaps that’s why the Bible says God put him into a deep sleep because what He was about to do was too profound, too sacred.

Even today, surgeons put patients under anesthesia before performing major operations. It’s not because they don’t want the person to see what’s happening, but to prevent distress and ensure the procedure goes smoothly. God, the first and perfect “Surgeon,” knew Adam needed to be still and unaware for what was coming next.

From that rib, God formed Eve. And when Adam woke up, he found someone beside him someone new. Not an animal. Not a creature of the field. But someone like him. She spoke like him. She looked like him. And in that moment, Adam recognized that she was made from his very body.

And when he looked at her again, he realized something even deeper: nothing else in all creation compared to her.

So what was God teaching Adam?

God was showing him that His most beautiful creation comes from within a person not from outside.

Every man instinctively knows: there is nothing in all creation that compares to a woman.

But the lesson didn’t end with Adam. God also taught Eve something profound. He gave her the ability to carry life to nurture a child inside her body for nine months. And from within her, a man is born. No longer from the dust. No longer from heaven. But from her.

And in that same way, every woman knows: there is nothing in all creation like a man.

Through this divine cycle, the world has been filled with people.

And this same pattern continues in the spiritual realm today.

God is still creating still completing His work within the hearts and lives of people. But He needs us to be still, to surrender, and to let Him do His work without resistance. God wants to do greater things through us than we could ever do ourselves. But the question is are we letting Him?

Many times, we resist God. We fight His hand in our lives.

When He calls us to leave sin behind we hesitate.
When we’re told to dress modestly and bring glory to God through our appearance we argue.
When we’re encouraged to pray we delay.
When the Bible tells us to flee sexual immorality we indulge in it instead.
When Scripture warns us about worldly behavior we push back, saying things like, “God looks at the heart, not the outside.”

We claim we want God to work in our lives, yet we constantly resist the very process that brings transformation.

We forget: God does His greatest creative work in stillness.
If we don’t learn to be spiritually still, we shouldn’t expect God to move powerfully in our lives.

So, what now?

If you’re living in sin, this is your moment to return to God.
Begin rebuilding your relationship with Him. Let Him take His rightful place in your life so He can begin creating beautiful things in you.

True repentance means turning away from sin and choosing a new path.
And as the Bible says:

“Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” — Acts 2:38 (ESV)

Through repentance and baptism, God gives us the gift of His Holy Spirit who leads us into all truth and gives us the peace and stillness we need for God to do His work in us.

May the Lord bless you as you surrender to Him and allow His perfect creation to be completed within you.

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