“And God saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good.” Genesis 1:31 (Read Genesis 1)
Indeed, it is true that God doesn’t make junk. When He created the heavens and earth and everything in them, including the first man and woman, He didn’t make anything less than perfect. On the sixth day, when God had finished His creative work, He “saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good.”
This means that, on the sixth day of creation, there was no evil in the world. There was no sickness, and there was no death!
We have become so accustomed to the world as we know it now – a world polluted and corrupted by sin – that we cannot even fathom what things were like in the beginning.
This verse, too, provides an answer for those who question the existence of a good God when there is so much evil in the world.
“How could a good God have made a world so full of evil?” Answer: “He didn’t; the evil is a result of sin which later entered the word.”
“How could a good God tolerate so much evil in the world He created?” Answer: “He will put an end to the evil in this world and punish all who continue in their evil ways; but He is ‘long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance’” (2 Peter 3:9).
His desire that we not be condemned to everlasting punishment because of our sin and evil is most clearly demonstrated by the fact that He gave His only-begotten Son to suffer and die in our stead that we might have forgiveness and life everlasting through faith in His name! And, He continues patiently to call us to repentance and faith in the Son that we might not suffer everlasting death and damnation. Christ Jesus died for the sins of all when He was nailed to the cross, and He rose again victorious on the third day that He might give us life eternal in a place where there is no more sin and death and evil.
The LORD God made everything “good.” The day is coming soon when He will again be able to look at all His creation and say, “it is very good!”
O Almighty God, my Maker and my Redeemer, thank You for the beauty and good You have created; and thank You for the gift of Your Son and His innocent sufferings and death in my stead to redeem me and make me righteous and holy in Your eyes. Graciously forgive my sin and give me life everlasting in the new heavens and earth which You have promised to create for Your glory and the honor of Your holy name. Amen.
[Scripture Quotations are from the King James Version of the Bible]