Void, Voice and Form

Daily Scripture Threshing for Today, Friday, August 29, 2025

Today's Text: Genesis 1:1-8

Key Verse: Genesis 1:2 (TRSV): "The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters."

The primordial void described in the beginning of time is nothing any of us could actually imagine. The worls started as a vast, empty space—it has no light, and no form. It was just a chaotic wilderness. But in that state of unproductive emptiness, we are blessed with an opportunity to deeply meditate on today's powerful devotional truth: when we encounter a spiritual void in our own lives, it isn't an end but sonething indicating the beginning of what God can do in His creative power. It's a lesson that regardless of our dark experience and the deep of any void in our lives or within our spirit, we aren't without hope.

God is not only aware of it, He is over it. The passage says, "the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters." This should strengthen us, friends! Before a single word was spoken, God was present. He didn't recoil from the chaos but was intimately involved with us even when we neither see Him or hear Him. He is hovering with protective, nurturing intent.

Oh dear brethren, while it is true that we go through valleys of shadows of death: life experiences that cuts deeper than emptiness, we can be sure that we aren't alone. Just as the Spirit of God was present in the cosmic darkness of the beginning, He is with us in our darkest moments of life. Be sure of this: that inner emptiness isn't a sign of God's absence. No, but it is an invitation into His creative presence. No empty situation is God's final intention. None! The Spirit may hover for a while, but His voice will definitely piece the darkness soon: "Let there be light!"

Jesus is the Word that was God, and with God in the beginning, theough whom all things were made. He apoke and darkness gave way to order, teaching us God's intentionality in forming or transforming whatever was formless and filling whatever was empty. Whatever what the issues are, God's word remains the solution to our void. When we feel overwhelmed by the empty spaces in our lives, we're called to hold unto His word and trust in His promises.

God's word brings light to our darkness, purpose to our formlessness, and substance to our emptiness. When we invite Christ into our lives, He enters our personal "formless and void," brings light, and through the power of His Spirit, begins the work of shaping and filling us with new light, hope, light and purpose. Our spiritual emptiness becomes fertile ground for a new, divine creation.

Action Steps: Acknowledge your void:l. Identify empty or chaotic areas of your life. Be it a lack of purpose, a feeling of desolation, or an overwhelming sense of confusion. Recognize God's presence is already there, waiting. He isn't afraid of your darkness; He is waiting on you to exercise your faith over the situation. Ask God to speak a word of clarity and purpose into your emptiness. Believe that His word will not return void. Trust that just as God made a beautiful, ordered world from chaos, He can transform your inner void into a place teeming with life and purpose.

Quote for the Day: "The empty spaces of our lives are not a sign of God's absence, but an invitation to experience how His creative presence brings light and purpose." (Simon Olatunji #quotablequote)

Let Us Pray: Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for being a God who is present in our darkest moments. When we feel formless and void, we pray that Your Spirit would hover over our hearts and that Your word would bring light to our darkness. Fill us with Your purpose and transform our chaos into Your beautiful new creation in Christ — in Jesus's most glorious name. Amen.

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Thank you for being part of this journey. For additional reading on today's meditation, read: Isaiah 45:18, Psalm 139:7-12, and 2 Corinthians 5:17.

With all my love and prayers,

Rev Simon Wale Olatunji, Ph.D.

Your Darling Bishop (DaBishop)

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