You may be in the midst of a very long season that has drained your emotions and challenged your faith but there is a word that God has for you today. But in order for you to really receive this word we must go back in time; back to the very beginning of time as we know it. In order to be able to look forward you have to be able to look back. That may sound contrary to what we have been taught about NOT looking back and just keeping your eyes forward but you’ll understand once I make the point.

Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the famous Starship USS Enterprise from the television show; Star Trek: The Next Generation, coined a very popular phrase that oozed with authority. When he said these words stuff happened. You don’t have to be a “trekkie” to know them. No one will think you’re weird when you say these words out loud. In fact, let’s all just say these words together, “make it so.”

And so It Happened.

Genesis 1:1-2 says, “In the beginning (looking back now) God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was FORMLESS and EMPTY…”

Moving on down to verse 6 we read, Then God said, “Let there be a space between the waters of the heavens from the waters of the earth.” AND SO IT HAPPENED.

And so It Happened.

In the New Living Translation this phrase is repeated 5 times in this story. How many of you know that when God repeats something it’s intended to get your attention? I can repeat myself over and over a few times to my oldest son while he is watching TV before I actually gain his attention. Pay attention to what God is saying to you today.

And so It Happened.

Like the beginning of creation, like the beginning of new life, like the beginning of a new book or even this blog there is a blank canvass ready for the Master to create his masterpiece. All of you have dreams but they start off FORMLESS AND EMPTY. An idea, a God ordained idea, will pop into your head and a dream will be born but not yet birthed. It may take more than 9 months for your dream to be born. It may take more than 9 years. It may take shorter, longer, or somewhere in between. We don’t know.

What I do know is by looking BACK I have hope for the FUTURE. As I read the story of creation I see a God who is active in the creation process. He takes the time to speak AND IT HAPPENS. He takes the time to look it over and sees that it is GOOD. He takes the time to speak AND IT HAPPENS. He takes the time to look it over and sees that it is GOOD. Over and over and over again he SPEAKS AND IT HAPPENS.

Your dreams are dark and empty and void of content until God begins to speak into them. As he begins to speak those dreams begin to take shape. As you spend time in his presence you can begin to hear the heartbeat of those dreams. The ultrasound of your dream will have some shape to it and hope begins to spring up inside of you. As the birthing of your dream comes close to its due date (and only God knows when) you can begin to see it grow and take shape. God speaks AND IT HAPPENS.

Look back at this story, look back at your own life and see the times where God spoke AND IT HAPPENED.