In the creation narrative of Genesis 1, the world is in chaos—without form and void—and in darkness. The Spirit of God then moves and a process begins that brings order, harmony, balance, and light. It is God who can bring harmony out of chaos, light out of darkness.
The power of God to do this on the personal level is illustrated by the Gaderene Demonic—head full of demonic voices, living among the dead, self-destructive (Mark 5.1-20). His life was a cacophony of voices that had driven him into a state of living death. His existence was utter chaos. After the touch of Jesus, he was clothed, calm, and in his right mind.
The chaos of his life was replaced by peace and harmony. As the creative force of God brought the chaos of existence into order and harmony at the beginning, the creative force of the Son of God brought order and harmony to the chaos of this man’s existence. This story tells of an act of creation.
There is a lesson here for us all. We will all go through chaos in our lives. We all have episodes or chapters of life where our minds are full of a cacophony of voices trying to make sense of it all. We can make choices that become self-destructive. Our lives seem to be spinning out of control. Our lives can seem like more of a living death if the chaos becomes acute.
When this happens we must remember the God who has brought order out of chaos from the beginning of time. It is what He does. After all, He is the creator. We should turn our lives over to Him for that creative act of imposing order on our chaos.
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