First Impressions
When God looked at you and said 'very good'
God spent five days creating everything. Light and darkness. Sky and sea. Mountains and valleys. Fish and birds and every living creature. After each day, He stepped back and said, "Good." Just good.
Then He made you. Well, humanity. People. And when He looked at what He'd made, He didn't just say good. He said "very good." Think about that for a second. The Grand Canyon? Good. The northern lights? Good. A sunset over the ocean? Good. But you — the person reading this right now — very good.
That's where this whole story starts. Not with what you've accomplished or how well you're doing at life. It starts with God looking at the idea of you and going, "Yes. This is very good." Before you did anything right or wrong, before you had a job or a family or a purpose, you were already declared very good by the One who made you.
God created us male and female, and He gave us this massive assignment: be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, take care of it. That's a lot. It's actually an impossible amount for one person. Which is exactly the point. God designed us to need each other. To work together. To build something bigger than what any of us could do alone. Your life isn't meant to be a solo mission. It's meant to be lived in connection — with God, with others, with purpose.
Sit with this
- 1When you think about God calling you 'very good,' what comes up for you — belief, doubt, curiosity?
Journal prompt
Write about a time when you felt like you were exactly where you were supposed to be, doing exactly what you were made to do. What made that moment feel right?