God Who Spoke in the Beginning

God Who Spoke in the Beginning

Text written by Fred Kaan (1929-2009)

Sung to the hymn tune NEW MALDEN

Genesis 1:1-3 In the beginning God created the sky and the earth. The earth was empty and had no form. Darkness covered the ocean, and God’s Spirit was moving over the water. Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

V.1 God who spoke in the beginning, 

Forming rock and shaping spar, 

Set all life and growth in motion,

Earthly world and distant star;

He who calls the earth to order 

Is the ground of what we are.

Hebrews 1:1, 2 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets many times and in many different ways. But now in these last days God has spoken to us through his Son. God has chosen his Son to own all things, and through him he made the world.

V. 2 God who spoke thro' men and nations,

Thro' events long past and gone,

Showing still today His purpose,

Speaks supremely through His son;

He who calls the earth to order

Gives His word and it is done.

John 1:14 The Word became a human and lived among us. We saw his glory—the glory that belongs to the only Son of the Father—and he was full of grace and truth.

John 15:20 Remember what I told you: A servant is not greater than his master. If people did wrong to me, they will do wrong to you, too. And if they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours, too.

V. 3 God whose speech becomes incarnate--

Christ is servant, Christ is Lord--

Calls us to a life of service,

Heart and will to action stirred;

He who uses man's obedience

Has the first and final word.