Asking the Right Questions

I listened to Taylor Swift singing “How Did It End?” and doesn’t that seem to be the question of our era? How will the story of this present age end, and WHEN? With wars and rumors of wars and unidentified drones, there’s much speculation. For the next several months at The Bridge, we want to shift the focus from the end of the story and turn the page back to Genesis to look at where it all began.

We often approach the first chapters of scripture and ask HOW?, but the question Moses aims to answer in Genesis is WHO?. Who is this book (and the whole Bible really), actually about? What did the Israelites who had just been set free from slavery need to know about the one who secured their release? And what do you and I, Americans living in 2025, need to know about this same God?

Take some time to read Genesis 1:1-2:3, If you highlight the proper nouns, you’ll find only one: God. God was there in the beginning and every action taken was at his initiative. Whatever questions these opening lines raise for you, set them aside for now and read it again, asking only this:

Who is God and what is he like?

What aspects of God’s character are revealed to you? How do these attributes help you to trust him more?

It used to be that because I couldn’t understand the HOW of Genesis, I didn’t trust the WHO. Genesis may leave us with questions about HOW, but it will not leave us in doubt about WHO. The Author of the Story has made himself known.

He’s been faithful from the beginning, and he will be faithful, even until The End.

Natalie