When revisiting memorials, it is good to start at the beginning and according to the Bible, our beginning started because of God: “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). According to Genesis, God created everything and He did it in a specific amount of time. It didn’t evolve over millions of years, or even thousands of years, it was six literal days. Then, He capped off the creation week with the seventh day and established a lasting memorial. The seven day week stands only because God created it (it is not measured by any celestial movement). The very fact that the seven day week cannot be explained scientifically, is a strong memorial of God as our Creator.

You may be wondering why it would be important to remember this? Why have a memorial for creation, or more specifically, God as creator? Does it really matter how we believe we were created? Yes it does! Our lives did not happen on accident. God purposely created this earth and everything in it—especially mankind. If we were just accidents, then we would have no purpose in being alive. But we weren’t accidents.

Here’s what the creation story says about our beginnings: “God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:27). This does not sound like an accident! God intentionally made us in His image. The Bible also says we are “fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psalm 139:14). Of course, this isn’t supposed to give us a greater image of ourselves, but a greater image of God. As incredible as our bodies are, they were created by One greater than us! Our God is awesome and powerful and the only God, and we are only images of Him. Everything we have, or that we are, we owe to Him: He is the One “who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out he earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it.” (Isaiah 42:5). The reason you wake up in the morning and have breath in your lungs is because of God.

This is a very important thing to be reminded of. In fact, God being creator is the reason all of heaven worship Him. In Revelation, the elders by the throne of God sing out, “Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things and by your will they existed and were created” (Revelation 4:11). In Nehemiah 9:6, we read, “You are the Lord, you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and you preserve all of them; and the host of heaven worships you.”

It is also the reason which should cause us to worship Him (see Psalm 33:6, 8, 9). We should fear and worship the God who can create simply by speaking it into existence. Even the last-day message to mankind includes this call: “Fear God and give him glory, for the hour of his judgment has come, and worship him who made the heavens and earth, the sea and the springs of water” (Revelation 14:7).

Understand, friends, that Satan has done much to cause us to forget this. Today, more than ever, there are constant attacks on God as Creator. There seems to be more effort given to disprove a Creator (even by Christianity), than to remember our Creator. And the removal of a creator does more damage than you might think.

You see, if God wasn’t Creator, and we all just accidentally came to be, then who we are is who we were always meant to be. Yet, according to the Bible, who we are today is not who we were created to be. We were originally made perfect and holy, in the image of God, but we fell from that original image (Genesis 3). When humanity chose to trust in the created rather than the Creator, we fell out of a relationship with God and into rebellion (sin). Ever since that day, sin has been a part of our lives, even from our birth (Psalm 51:5). Not one of us is free from sin (Romans 3:23), but we often forget this when we forget about God. And it is to our detriment that we forget, because the Bible warns us that the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23)!

Again, according to the Bible, we were created to live forever, but sin has taken that away. God warned Adam and Eve that if they did not trust Him (and ate of the forbidden tree) they would surely die. Yet, this was not merely a punishment for doing wrong, it was the natural results of rebellion. If God is our source of life and we are separated from that source, then we do not have life. Our Adversary wants us to forget God because we will also forget that we are sinners—causing us to reject the Savior.

In addition, we must remember that, as Creator, God also has the power to re-create. God desires to, and can, change us into a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17). He can change us from who we were, to who we were always meant to be. This is what God wants for you and I, to return us back into His image (Ephesians 4:22–24). Isn’t that incredible?

You can see, then, why it is so dangerous to forget God as Creator. When we do, we do not call on God to save us and change us. We will reject putting on “the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after its creator” (Colossians 3:10).

Here’s the beautiful part friends. If we will remember our Creator, and admit we need Him, He will forgive us and cleanse us. This is the promise of 1 John 1:9. This is taking off the old self. It is admitting we need a change. It is admitting we are in need of a re-creation.

I believe God created us. We are reminded of His creative power every where we look. We are reminded that He made us and can remake us. He did not create us for this pain and misery. He created us for eternal life and joy in Him. Do not forget your Creator! We need to admit we are the created. Admit that we are fallen. Admit that we need Him—a Savior. Then He will forgive us and cleanse us, and restore us into His image. And He promises that “whoever comes to me I will never cast out” (John 6:36).

Will you come to your Creator today?