Genesis 1:2 (ESV)
The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
The Spirit of God, prior to creation, is said to be “hovering over the face of the waters.” In the Hebrew this is “merahefet.” The same word is used in Deuteronomy 32:11 about an eagle “hovering” over its young and in Jeremiah 23:9 about Jeremiah’s bones “shaken.” The word could mean, therefore, that prior to creation the Holy Spirit was a controlling agent of God at the beginning of creation. The tense of the verb, “hovering,” is an active tense. Prior to creation we read the the earth was “without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep.”
In the beginning of creation the Holy Spirit seems to be a governing agent over this chaotic scene, in preparation for God’s verbal creative message. When verse three starts, it begins a new section. The Spirit of God is, at this point, the Person of God, is active only in, what appears, as assuring that the chaotic scene is prepared for the creative voice of God. This is truly fascinating when you think about the Spirit’s job in other areas of God’s work. It is the Sprit of God who “hovers” over us and prepares us to hear the Word of God, prior to the creation of a new life in us. It is the Spirit of God, who “hovers” over us as we hear the Word of God and He creates new life in us. It is the Spirit of God, how “hovers” over us as we are Sanctified by the Word of God. The Spirit of God, in creation, is the preparing Person of God. In our lives, it is the Spirit of God who prepares us to hear the Word of God, which will create in us a new life. We rejoice that the Spirit of God “hovers” over the chaotic mess of our lives and prepares it and God brings it to perfect order for His Glory.
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