Revelation: WEEKEND RECHARGE!

JANUARY 10, 2026

Monday, January 5—Genesis 1:1; 2:7
Tuesday, January 6—Genesis 1:1-3
Wednesday, January 7—Genesis 1:27
Thursday, January 8—Genesis 1:28
Friday, January 9—Genesis 2:24-25

DAILY DEVO OVERVIEW

GENESIS 1:1 AND 2:7: THE LORD GOD 

Elohim (Gen. 1:1)

• The Creator of Heaven and Earth.
• Absolute power, control, supremacy, and sovereignty. 

Yahweh (Gen. 2:7)

• The One who breathed into man the breath of life.
• The personal, covenant keeping God. 

What Comes to Your Mind When You Think About God?

• Yahweh Elohim! 

GENESIS 1:1-3: THREE IN ONE 

God the Father (Gen. 1:1)

• Elohim—The All-Powerful God.
• Yahweh—The Personal God

God the Son (Gen. 1:3)

• The Word (John 1:1)
• The Agent of Creation (John 1:3)
• The Word became Flesh (John 1:14).  

God the Holy Spirit (Gen. 1:2)

• Promised by Jesus (John 14:15-31)
• Indwells and empowers every Believer (Acts 2:1-13; Rom. 8:9)

GENESIS 1:27: IMAGO DEO

God’s Story Begins with God’s Greatness

• God is incomprehensibly magnificent
• God is Yahweh Elohim—personal, powerful, and Creator of all things.
• God spoke the universe into existence and set the moon and stars in place.

Small yet crowned with glory

• David reflects on the contrast between God’s greatness and human fragility (Ps. 8:3-5)
• Humans are crowned with glory and honor.

Imago Dei — Created in the Image of God

• Humanity is created in God’s image—male and female—by divine design.
• Being made in God’s image explains human dignity, purpose, and worth.

Communicable Attributes of God

• Love – Ability to love deeply and experience relationship
• Justice – Desire for what is right and fair
• Creativity – Ability to create, build, imagine, and cultivate
• Mercy and Grace – Compassion and kindness toward others
• Goodness – Capacity for moral good
• Rational Thought – Ability to think, reason, and learn
• Truthfulness – Ability to know and speak truth

Incommunicable Attributes of God

• Self-Existence / Self-Sufficiency
• Immutability (Unchanging Nature)
• Eternality
• Omnipresence
• Divine Simplicity 

GENESIS 1:28; 2:15: THE GIFT OF RESPONSIBILITY

God Created Work as a Sacred Calling

• Genesis 1:28 – God blesses humanity and commands them to “fill the earth and subdue it” and exercise dominion.
• Genesis 2:15 – God places Adam in the garden “to work it and keep it.”
• Ecclesiastes 3:22 – “There is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work.”

God Chooses to Work Through His People

• Genesis 1:26–27 – Humanity is made in God’s image.
• Genesis 2:19 – God allows Adam to name the animals.

Your Vocation Is Your Ministry

• Colossians 3:23–24 – “Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord.”
• Ephesians 2:10 – We are created for good works prepared by God.

GENESIS 2:24-25: THE GIFT OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY 

God Ordained Marriage to Be Between a Man and a Woman

• Genesis 1:27—“Male and female he created them.” 

The Marriage Relationship Takes Priority Over All Other Relationships

• Genesis 2:24 – “Leave… hold fast…” 

Marriage Is Intended to Be a Lifelong Commitment

• Genesis 2:24 – “Hold fast”  

The Man and Woman Are Committed to a One-Flesh Relationship

• Spiritual Oneness 
• Physical Oneness 
• Emotional Oneness 
• Mental Oneness 
• Missional Oneness  

A Godly Marriage Is a Safe and Vulnerable Place

• Genesis 2:25 – “Naked and not ashamed.
• God designed marriage to be a relationship marked by trust, acceptance, and grace—a place where vulnerability is met with love, not shame.

Here are two good resources to help us see our work as a calling from God.

Doug Sherman and William Hendricks, Your Work Matters to God (NavPress, 1987).

Timothy Keller, Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God’s Work (Penguin Publishing Group, 2014).

Here’s the description of God’s work in creation.

Day 1: Day and Night (Genesis 1:3-5)
God spoke the world into existence and note how this is stated so matter-of-factly—"God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.” Stop to ponder that. God called for light to appear, and there it was. He created from nothing (Latin: ex nihilo). Darkness was already present, so he separated the light from the darkness forming two parts of the first yom.  The light was called “day.” The darkness was called “night.” The “evening” and “morning” described the first day.

Day 2: Sky and Waters (Genesis 1:6-8)
Picture an ocean with a dense fog covering it. God separated the waters from the dense covering with an expanse in between (Psalm 104:2, Isaiah 40:22). God called the upper atmosphere the “sky.” God dwells in the highest heaven. Here is the description of the “heavens” as the sky that is visible to the human eye. (See Psalm 104:5-9 for a poetic description of creation.)

Day 3: Land and Vegetation (Genesis 1:9-13)
God gathered the water into one place and allowed land to appear. Demonstrating his authority he named the dry land, “Earth” and the gathered waters, “Seas.” From the land God called for vegetation, plants and trees to come forth. The plants would yield seed for continued replacement and the trees would yield fruit. Plants and trees would provide food for God’s crowning creation.

The earth was formless, dark, and empty (Genesis 1:2).
On Days 1-3, God remedied the formlessness and darkness.
On Days 4-6, he filled the emptiness.

Day 4: Lights for the Day and Night (Genesis 1:14-19)
On Day 1, God spoke light into existence and separated it from the darkness. On Day 4, God added to his Day 1 creation. He made two great lights: The sun to rule the day and the moon to oversee the night. These lights and the rotation of the earth would allow for “seasons, and for days and years.”

Day 5: Life for the Sea and Sky (Genesis 1:20-23)
On Day 2 God made the waters and the heavens. On Day 5, he filled the water and heavens. He created all the fish of the sea, the “great sea creatures,” and the birds of the air. To the living creatures God said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas and let birds multiply on the earth.” Living things were created with the capacity to reproduce.

Day 6: Life for the Land (Genesis 1:24-31)

On Day 3 God created the land and vegetation. On Day 6, God filled the land with the animals that live on the earth. Next time we will consider the creation of man in more detail.

Day 7: God Rests
Everything God created he declared as “good” and the creation of human life was “very good.” The word “good” describes activities and circumstances that benefit and enhance life. On Day 7, God rested. This does not mean that he was exhausted from his work and needed a break. Rather, it describes the “celebration of completion.”[1] For six days God spoke into the formlessness, darkness, and emptiness and spoke into existence his magnificent creation. On Day 7 he celebrated the great work of creation.