"Creatio Ex Nihilo" to create something out of nothing. I've recently just finished 5 years of Bible college and I have read & studied about God doing some pretty mind-blowing things; but for me personally, creatio ex nihilo is still one of the coolest. I find this act of God so astounding because not only did He create things that had NEVER previously existed, but He did so effortlessly. He simply opened His mouth & spoke things into being....into existence....into motion. Keep in mind these are things that had never previously existed, anywhere, ever. These were not small things that were being spoken into existence, God Almighty here (Gen 1) is speaking the sky, oceans, mountains, sunsets, planets, stars, entire solar systems & galaxies (one's we haven't even discovered yet!)into being. And just like that...He speaks...and all of sudden...what wasn't, now is...
Tonight I had dinner with 3 local believers who are kinda the core of the Chi Alpha Campus Ministries (XA for short) that is being started at the prestigious U.P. Diliman. Angie is the oldest and is the pastor's wife of a nearby congregation, Carin is 28 & works at a software place doing I.T. help and attends Angie's church along with Joel who is 18, a sophomore studying physics.
As I ate, talked, laughed & got to know these amazing people that I now have the priviledge of serving alongside this summer; I started to get incredibly excited about what God wants to do on the UP campus through this XA that is still in it's infancy stages. My trepidation continued to grow as I listened to Angie tell me of how XA at UP was birthed, & how everyone around the table had come to be involved. It became obvious that this particular ministry is God breathed and I was suddenly overwhelmed by God's love & desire for the students to know him intimately. I became strangely aware that God is going to use this ministry in a mighty way to impact the nation & sow into His kingdom. That excitment tripled as we sorted the contacts (27 alone from UP!) recieved from the student missions conference the previous week. I left the dinner-meeting with a full belly & an even fuller heart.
As I walked back to the apartment, I couldn't help but feel a deep sense of humility & awe. Humility that God has brought me half way around the world to be apart of something so incredible & special. Awe because I realized that this summer I literally get to watch God perform creatio ex nihilo right before my very eyes with this ministry.
God is speaking, and what is not, will soon be.
