Genesis 1:1-3 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

To fail to talk from time to time of God’s plan for salvation in these pieces would be to show rank ingratitude.
It came to me today that this should be one of the times that I wrote about salvation, and more, that I should show that we can see God communicating His plan for it even in the very beginning of the Bible.
“In the beginning”. Some commentators see it as significant that that phrase “Beresith” starts with the Hebrew character “Bet”, which looks something like “]”. It’s open on the entry side — which means we don’t really know when it happened. So it is with salvation. For any one of us it could occur (or I hope, reader, I may say “could have occurred”) at any time, as God chose.
“The earth was without form or void” — that is to say, there was no structure, no organization — Chaos reigned! Now, I don’t want to make assumptions about you, but as for me, before God saved me, mine was a soul in chaos. Actually , let me take that back. I believe every unsaved soul is chaotic and, without God’s gracious intervention, will be that way forever!
“The Spirit of God moved upon the same waters.” Indeed:
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: (Ephesians 2:8)
Without the moving of the Holy Spirit on that dark chaotic soul, salvation does not happen. I did not save myself, you cannot save yourself, and nobody else can save themselves either. Nor can anyone of us save another. The best we can do is to be available for the Spirit to speak through us to an open heart and mind.
“And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” Oh yes. On that day when I was saved there was a dazzling, shattering, light shone on my life. Ever since there has been a light to follow — “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” (Psalms 119:105)
There it is, clear to me, the pattern of salvation laid out from the start of God’s revelation of Himself to us. The potter making the clay into useful vessels. It is there … In the beginning …