1-03-6 Genesis 1:14

Genesis 1:14 (KJ21)
And God said, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years;

Genesis 1:14 (NAS)
Then God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;

Genesis 1:14 (NIV)
And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years,

Genesis 1:14 (NLT)
And God said, "Let bright lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. They will be signs to mark off the seasons, the days, and the years.

Adonai's word is powerful and creative. When He spoke, His strength and might were encompassed in those words. Since He is the Almighty and the Most High, no one or nothing can keep His words from coming to fulfillment. The Lord utters each and every word for a purpose; nothing idle comes forth from His mouth.

One of the first things that Adonai created was light, so that men could have brightness and illumination in their world. He set these lights, the sun and the moon, in the expanse of the heavens. One reason for this was that mankind would need to look up to see the light. He also wanted to separate daytime and night-time, allowing us to know when it was time to rest. The repetition of day to night and night to day also helps us to know life is often made up of repetition.

These lights are signs and standards that mark times and seasons. The Lord knows that we need ways to determine the paths of our lives. We need to know we are walking in the light or in the darkness. It is important for us to see natural seasons and their changes, so that we will realize the changing times and seasons in our own lives. We realize that seasons have appointed times. Spring comes before summer and autumn comes before winter. All have been ordered from the Lord.

So too in our lives, Adonai has appointed certain things for certain times. What is ordained for tomorrow will not come today. What was yesterday can not be brought into the future. Everything is for an appointed time. We should not live in the hopes, dreams nor regrets of the past. We should look to the future, but live in the present. Even though we may be in the daily repetitious cycle, we should never lose heart. A new season is on the horizon.