阿強吞下了所有他在藥櫃裡能找到的藥物。他從小生長在一個支離破碎的家庭裡，生活一團糟。他的母親長期遭受父親的虐待，直到父親結束了自己的生命。現在，阿強也想要結束自己的生命，但腦海中隨即浮現一個念頭：我死後會去哪裡？感謝上帝的恩典，阿強那天並沒有死。後來，他開始和朋友一起研讀聖經，最終接受耶穌作他的救主。吸引阿強歸向上帝的部分原因，是他看見宇宙萬物的美麗與秩序。他說：「我看見一切事物是如此美麗，知道必定有神明創造一切。」

在創世記第1章，我們讀到確實是上帝創造了萬物。雖然「地是空虛混沌」（2節），上帝卻在混亂中建立秩序，「把光暗分開」（4節），將陸地置於海中（10節），使動植物「各從其類」（11-12、21、24-25節）。正如阿強所發現的，那位「創造了諸天和大地，使一切各就各位」的上帝（以賽亞書45章18節，新普及譯本），仍持續使所有降服於基督的萬物，都能和平共處並有秩序。

生活可能很混亂且充滿挑戰。但我們讚美上帝，因祂「不是叫人混亂，乃是叫人和諧」（哥林多前書14章33節，和合本修訂版）。今日，就讓我們呼求祂，請祂幫助我們，能尋見唯獨祂能創造的美麗和秩序。

Seth took all the medications he could find in the medicine cabinet. Raised in a family filled with brokenness and disorder, his life was a mess. His mom was regularly abused by his father until his dad took his own life. Now Seth wanted to “just end” his own. But then a thought came to mind, Where do I go when I die? By God’s grace, Seth didn’t die that day. And in time, after studying the Bible with a friend, he received Jesus as his Savior. Part of what drew Seth to God was seeing the beauty and order in creation. He said, “I . . . see things that are just beautiful. Someone made all this.”

In Genesis 1, we read of the God who indeed created all things. And although “the earth was complete chaos” (v. 2 nrsv), He brought order out of disorder. He “separated the light from the darkness” (v. 4), placed land amid the seas (v. 10), and made plants and creatures according to their “kinds” (vv. 11-12, 21, 24-25). The One who “created the heavens and earth and put everything in place” (Isaiah 45:18 nlt) continues to, as Seth discovered, bring peace and order to lives surrendered to Christ.

Life can be chaotic and challenging. Praise God that He’s not “a God of disorder but of peace” (1 Corinthians 14:33). Let’s call out to Him today and ask Him to help us find the beauty and order He alone provides.