Genesis 1:27 – 2:7

²⁷ So God created humanity in his own image, he created him in the image of God; he created them male and female.

²⁸ And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Bear fruit and become many and fill the land and subdue it and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over everything alive that moves on the land.”

²⁹ And God said, “See, I have given you every plant producing seed that is on the face of all the land, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food.

³⁰ And to every beast of the land and to every bird of the sky and to everything that creeps on the land, everything that has a living soul in it, I have given all flora for food.” And it became that way.

³¹ And God saw everything that he had made, and see, it was very good. And after evening was over and morning came, the sixth day was completed.

^2:1 So the sky and the land were finished, and all the army of them.

² Then on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he ceased on the seventh day from all his work that he had done.

³ So God blessed the seventh day and made it special, because on it God ceased from all his work that he had done by creating.

⁴ This is the story of the sky and the land when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the land and the sky.

⁵ Before any bush of the field was in the land and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up- because the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no person to work the ground,

⁶ and a mist was regularly ascending from the land and was watering the whole face of the ground-

⁷ then the LORD God formed the first man from dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and that man became a living soul. _________________________________________

Ground Worker

The LORD wanted a designer like him, who could invest in the land, and make it fruitful and productive. He wanted someone capable of loving his creation as he does. So, he made Adam from the Adamah – the ground — out of the same stuff he made the universe from. Then, he added the breath of life into Adam’s body. Human life comes from the creator, and it is intended to be used for his purposes.

Divine Creator, help us to love this planet as you do. Give us wisdom to invest ourselves in ways that make the world fruitful, and show its glory.