Introduction

Today, I want to share with you a very interesting topic, titled Everything that was made was very good, which is found in Genesis 1:31. We can never fully exhaust the Book of Genesis, and we must clearly understand that the matters discussed within are closely related to us.

In the past few weeks, I shared with you about The spiritual man judges all things. Someone then asked me, how does one become a living person with the Spirit? The answer is to see that everything created is very good. Does a spiritual person, after seeing through things, seem to want to renounce the world and retreat to remote mountains for cultivation? No! Once we see through things, we are liberated.

We are called to be set free, because once we see through many things, we release all our worries. If we do nothing after releasing these worries, we will soon become depressed. People need to do things.

Last night, after finishing work at 3 a.m., I couldn't help but exclaim: Wow, what I have done is very good! This feeling is wonderful and hard to buy back with money. Some people don't understand and think it's too hard. But it's not; this kind of hardship is very worthwhile because you see that what you create is very good!

Yesterday, I did many things. First, the solid wood doors sold in the market cost 480 SGD, but I made one myself for only 80 SGD. If I made six doors, I would have saved 2,400 SGD, which is a lot of money!

Second, I also laid the floor, which was something I had never done before. I thought about it over and over while doing it, tinkering for a long time, but after finishing, I felt extremely satisfied. Thank God for bringing me into the IT industry. Luckily, it's the IT industry, where I need to update myself every day; otherwise, I would become useless after two years.

When I came back last night, a sister was very surprised, amazed at how good our physical strength is! The physical strength of those who create is very good, because it is the image of God. The Chinese understanding of people surpasses that of many other nations. More than two thousand years ago, a Qin king said that there is a force within people, and if this force is directed towards creation, it will generate productivity. If it is not directed towards creation, production, and work, then that force will be used for destruction.

Why do people develop depression and mental illness as they live? Because they don't create and are lazy. I have found that many depressed people have a common characteristic: laziness. As they become lazier, they develop depression after a period of time. They sleep until the sun is high, get up feeling weak, feel uncomfortable, feel that nothing is working, that they can't do anything, think they are useless, and feel that life is meaningless, so they start to want to die.

There is a force within people, and if this force cannot form creativity within you, it will become destructive. Today, we must restore the ability we had when God created us, which is key to living well. Chinese Mingding Destiny.

Why do we do these things? It's not because we don't have money, but because we haven't done them before. We try doing them, and after we finish, we feel very satisfied. I finally found the knack for laying floors and making doors! Thank God, I feel sore and tired after finishing, but my sleep quality is very high; I sleep very soundly! I never take sleeping pills. Even if it's noisy outside, it won't wake me up, because I'm tired; all the force within me is used for creation.

From a young age until now, I have been doing new things, creating things, which can keep people young and maintain vigorous energy. Today, let's begin to have a vision: these innovative things bring a sense of satisfaction. God is a creating God, and the God we believe in is a creating God. Therefore, we read the Book of Genesis tirelessly.

Scripture

God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day. (Genesis 1:31)

We must all begin to restore the image of creation. Some people think they can't do it, but that's okay; God will enable you! Because the Spirit of God dwells within us, and God is restoring the divine image within us. We must not be afraid or worried!

Prayer

Lord, you tell us that everything you have created is very good. Today, guide us into your image so that we can restore your creating image within us and fully restore the creating ability within us. Today, Lord Jesus, we ask you to do a new thing in us, so that we may become living people with the Spirit! May you pour out the Holy Spirit on our brothers and sisters, so that they may receive the glorious and honorable ability; let us have your image within us; let us live out your glorious image! Today, remove the leaven of the Pharisees from among us, remove all the carnal habits from us! Today, restore your creative vitality within us, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen!

The Problem of Man is Himself

People are really interesting, because they have a carnal nature, and the carnal nature is about eating, drinking, and having fun. The result of the carnal nature is corruption.

My former Christian boss, who I worked for, often sent me videos about health and wellness. A few days ago, he sent a video researching how diabetes is produced. Scientists explained that there is a mechanism in diabetes called the thrifty gene, which stores excess energy and releases it when there is a lack. This is a healthy lifestyle.

If people often eat their fill, they will develop diabetes. In the animal kingdom, including the top of the food chain, we think being in a state of hunger is bad, but being hungry is a beautiful thing created by God. The human body is created not to always be full. If you often don't eat your fill, you can try it and see if you become more energetic? Scientists have found that the structure of the human body is such that it cannot always be full; the biological world is often in a state of hunger, and then it is full of vitality and lives very healthy. For example, tigers and lions are often in a state of hunger, but where do you find tigers and lions with diabetes?

When life is good, many diseases are caused by eating too much, resting too much, and being lazy. The carnal nature of people is to want to live comfortably, to want to eat a lot and sleep well. There is a Chinese saying that there is no suffering that cannot be endured, but there is a blessing that cannot be enjoyed. Spending all day in comfort and ease, eating well, makes it difficult to live well. For example, depression, autism, etc., were rare when I was a child, but now children are being chased around by their grandparents to feed them.

People think that eating a lot is better, but in fact, eating less and working more is better. The carnal nature brings all kinds of complex factors into the human body. If we want to solve problems in our lives, we must solve ourselves.

If our brothers and sisters are still facing some problems, especially depression, cancer, etc., know that these are caused by laziness and overeating. What is needed to solve this problem? You need to release the power within you to do new things.

I have a habit of loving to solve problems. When I see where a problem is, I always want to solve it. Constantly solving problems develops a habit, a habit of constantly creating. For example, paperless operations in schools are very difficult. Basically, the paperless systems are designed by me, with encryption functions, etc., learning and doing at the same time. It is hard work, but it is joyful. Because I see that what I create is very good. I can write in my resume that I have solved many problems, so I have a lot of experience.

Humanity needs a few things: First, knowledge; second, skills. Knowledge plus skills solve problems, which is called experience! Today, in our church, your problems are solved because people have the glorious image of God, and people have the glorious appearance of God.

Restoring God's Glorious Image Through Creation

Today, we are simply living out God's glorious image, and the way to live out God's glorious image is through doing creating things. If you see that what you do is very good today, see that what you do is very good tomorrow, and see that what you do is very good the day after tomorrow, then do people still need to take drugs? No!

If you see that what you create is very good, you will be filled with satisfaction! Later, I gradually understood that this is a spiritual essence. People have a carnal and a spiritual essence! This spiritual essence is the attribute of God. The carnal essence is called the nature of sin! There is something in people called sin, and that thing is your carnal self. Because of the carnal nature, the evil spirit dwells within you. The evil spirit dwells within you, and you can obey him or not.

If you rely on the Lord Jesus, you can overcome and conquer that carnal nature! Become a spiritual person, seeing that everything created is very good! Everything created is all the problems that need to be solved, and that is creation! Today, I encourage everyone to start restoring the spiritual essence, which is a very crucial matter. The spiritual essence is not just saying Hallelujah all day long. Saying Hallelujah loudly for thirty or fifty years, doesn't that make you a Pharisee?

Jesus was born as a carpenter, and carpentry is actually creation. The work of a carpenter is to build furniture and houses! These are all acts of creation. The process of creation requires flexibility! Carpentry can train a person's mind and thinking! Jesus did not become a Pharisee in the temple. Pharisees are not like God. The Bible says they are like poisonous snakes. This is not my opinion; this is what Jesus said. So, don't misunderstand the spiritual essence.

The spiritual essence is definitely not just shouting Hallelujah loudly and being useless at everything. The spiritual essence is creation. The first book in the Bible is called Genesis because God saw that everything he had made was very good. God saw that everything he had made was very good and entrusted what he had created to Adam and Eve to manage. I wondered why God's creation, which was all very good, still needed people to manage it! Actually, it's not that simple. God's creation is all very good, but God left a portion for people to continue creating. People have indeed created many things.

Today, we see so many novel things. 50 years ago, no one had heard of the internet or Tencent! 40 years ago, no one had heard of Alibaba! Taobao has only been around for a dozen or twenty years. These creations have become famous global enterprises. Today, we need to understand that God's creations are all very good, and he has left a large part for people to continue creating.

If people don't solve problems all day long, if they don't solve anything, if they just open their mouths to be fed, what are they doing? They are raising pigs! People cannot be raised like that! Pigs can be eaten when they are fattened, but what can people do when they are fattened? They are just a piece of meat.

God saw that everything he had made was very good. If you have never done creative things, can you not be troubled and uncomfortable? Seeing that nothing is good. If you see that nothing is good today, and you see that nothing is good tomorrow, will you not develop depression after a while? God saw that what he had made was very good, coming out of emptiness, chaos, and darkness on the face of the deep, facing a pile of problems, a very chaotic state.

Release Creativity and Start Doing New Things

Today, when you encounter a very chaotic problem, tell yourself that you have the image of God within you. I have a spiritual essence within me, and I want to mortify the deeds of the body. I want to start emulating God, which is to release the creativity within us in an environment of emptiness, chaos, darkness on the face of the deep, and utter confusion.

I have creativity within me, and I want to live out this creativity. The spiritual man judges all things, not seeing through them and going to remote mountains to cultivate, but seeing through them and realizing that the spiritual essence of living is creation. Today, let's start doing new things.

In the company, the boss will throw very challenging things at me. My colleagues will say, Oh no! You're stuck with the bad stuff again! But I don't think so. It's not bad stuff; it's new stuff! Actually, doing new things is really hard, but if I look at it with a negative eye, I will live a very hard life.

But if I look at it with a spiritual eye, what I create in this life is very good, because God created me with the ability to create. Then I have solved many problems! But what solving problems brings is not the problem itself, but the growth of a person!

People find joy in growth! For example, laying floors and making doors makes me think that I have gained another skill. If one day I no longer work in this industry and go to do something else, I can make doors and lay floors for people, and I will not be afraid! This is having the image of God!

Yesterday, I was ministering to one of our sisters. Why do people become rigid? Because they haven't done many new things since they were young. They study and study, but they don't create much and don't release much creativity. If you don't do it today, don't do it tomorrow, and don't do it the day after tomorrow, people become rigid. When they encounter problems, they become afraid. Rigidity plus fear makes it impossible to face chaotic situations. Originally, this situation is an opportunity to release creativity, but a good thing becomes a bad thing. As soon as they see the environment, they become negative and feel that they can't do anything, that they are rigid.

How do you train a person to become a preacher? Start with carpentry. It's definitely not just praying and reading the Bible all day long. I'm not against reading the Bible; I'm against becoming a Pharisee after reading it. Once a person loses the ability to innovate, they lose the image of God. Our Lord Jesus spoke of new wine and new wineskins. Our whole person is new. People who don't do new things for a long time become old wineskins. Old wineskins cannot hold new wine and will become Pharisees.

We Must Yearn for Growth, Renewal, and Breakthrough

A few days ago, while listening to a recording of my own sermon, I found a particular passage quite interesting. How did the Pharisees come about? The Pharisees were those who read the scriptures and prayed, prayed and read the scriptures, serving God daily in the temple, and as a result, they became Pharisees.

Today, my brothers and sisters, my method of training preachers is quite unique. This uniqueness is also a creation, and I see that it is very good. This training method involves pushing people into difficult environments to develop them. Only in difficult environments can creativity be unleashed, and only then will a person's spiritual life become healthy.

Once people have money, they may become foolish. It is especially dangerous when they have money and do nothing. The first generation of wealthy people generally still work, but the second generation, because their parents have money, use money to solve everything, and their practical abilities decline.

Some wealthy people's children, with nothing to do all day, turn to drugs and ruin themselves. Therefore, eating a lot, resting a lot, and not working, all things related to the flesh will produce disease. Today, to restore the image of God in us, we need to constantly do new things and seek growth and breakthrough in our lives.

Later, I gradually understood, couldn't Abraham have believed in the Lord in his own land, among his relatives, and in his father's house? God had to bring him to Canaan, and then a lifetime of toil began, which was very hard. But each instance of toil was a process of releasing creativity. A spiritual person who sees through everything sees through the toil. In the past, God toiled you, but now you want to toil yourself, because through this toil, you see the spiritual essence clearly.

Brothers and sisters, you must know that the Pharisees came from reading the scriptures and praying. If listening to sermons leads to sermon-listening experts, won't they become Pharisees? Meditating on God's word day and night does not mean doing nothing, but walking with God while working.

Today, God wants to remove the leaven of the Pharisees from among us. The Pharisees are the concrete embodiment of rigidity. Today, all of us must become flexible people, living beings with a spirit. The concrete manifestation of a living being with a spirit is releasing creativity. We read the scriptures and pray to obtain spiritual power from God, which can put to death the deeds of the flesh, release the glorious image of God, and possess a spiritual vision to see that everything created is very good.

Restore the Creative Ability Within Us

The scripture says:

Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” (Genesis 1:26-28)

God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good, because among the created things, there was something called man. Man can represent God to manage the whole earth. Management is our work, and management requires creation. After creation, we live out the glorious image of God. The Pharisees lived and lived and became without creativity. They lost the glorious image of God and became a brood of vipers. God did not like them, and Jesus Christ was crucified by these Pharisees.

Therefore, today, brothers and sisters, do not enter into religious sentiments. If you are a housewife cooking, can you cook with creativity? That is the result of your creation. If you have creativity every day, you will not feel tired. You will see that what you create is very good. If you clean with creativity and efficiency, you will see that what you create is very good, because you are created by God.

Today, brothers and sisters, know for sure that your future is not elsewhere, but in the challenges you face. Wherever you see emptiness and chaos, that is where you need to release power. Today, we begin to restore the creative ability within us, because the ability to create can create a future for you.

If you do nothing, thinking that the birds of the air do not sow or reap, yet God feeds them. What Jesus said was not that the birds of the air do not sow or reap, but that the birds of the air do not worry. Jesus said that you do not need to worry about what to wear, what to eat, or what to drink. But you need to worry about one thing: whether you have restored the image of God. If you do not have the image of God, how can you walk with God? If your inner thoughts are carnal, and the way you live is carnal, then you come to me for deliverance. If you are not delivered, you live in corruption.

Constantly Create and Constantly Solve Problems

We must not deviate to the left or right. A spiritual person sees through everything. Being a living being with a spirit is definitely not empty, vain, or false, but real. Brothers and sisters, today, can we begin to restore the glorious image of God within our thoughts and minds?

What is the state of the environment you are facing today? Some brothers and sisters struggle, feel uncomfortable, and work hard when they do things because they have not done things well since childhood. How much debt do they owe? Start repaying from today. Can they see the results? It seems that they cannot see too many results. In fact, if you savor it carefully, aren't each of us growing? Look at the trend in everything.

You are creating a future for yourself, which is to live out the glorious image of God and then become a blessing to many people. Start to understand that our church is a church that promotes innovation, and our Chinese Mingding Destiny system is constantly being renewed, constantly restoring the original intention of God's revelation in the Bible.

What needs no updating? Including mobile phones, the most primitive mobile phones were large bricks, then they became flip phones, then Nokia, and then 2G, 3G, 4G, and now 5G. These are all creations and updates. If telephones are like this, shouldn't we, as servants of God, and the church we build, which is full of God's glory, need to be constantly renewed and constantly improved? We must never live in a false place.

Starting today, I have a plan that my colleagues will become very creative people in the future. They have undergone training in the past two years, either theological training or practical skills training. They grow while doing things, and I really see their great growth. In the past, their understanding of various tools was a mess. Tools are for solving problems.

The most important thing for people is to learn to create, and then people see that everything created is very good. Creation is taking existing tools to create something new. In the future, if you can become a creative person, you will completely solve your depression; completely solve your laziness, obesity; completely solve the uncomfortable feeling inside you, and solve all these insomnia problems.

Insomnia is actually sleeping too much and eating too much. After you are tired from work, insomnia will naturally disappear. Eating less, sleeping less, and working more will reduce the chance of getting sick.

Today, let's start to know that constant creation becomes a spiritual person, and constant creation and constant problem-solving become a living being with a spirit. We must all start to walk out of this myth and start to be a person of faith, because your faith can create the future. What if you are in chaos and see that your ability is not good enough? Because God has given you spiritual power to become a creative person. Then, looking at the things you create, no matter what it is, it is good, and the feeling inside you will be adjusted.

Find Opportunities for Creation in Challenges

If we do repetitive operations every day, it will become our toil. Today, find opportunities for creation in any way, from cleaning, cooking, writing programs, renovating, doing housework, to doing everything, including doing business, are constantly updated and created.

If you are constantly in a creation and renewal, you are a creative person, even if you clean, cleaning the toilet will attract big business. I know a boss, he is a very famous businessman in Singapore, who started from cleaning, has tens of thousands of employees, very powerful. Because many places need to provide hygiene services, such as airports and subways.

Therefore, we must not be rigid and constantly discover opportunities for creation at any time. If the hospital can't make your money, the school can't make your money, and then the decoration company can't make your money, how much money do you need in this life? Wouldn't you save it?

Think about it, why do people need to make a lot of money in life, work hard all their lives, and constantly operate hard work, just because they have no creativity. If you have creativity, you will constantly restore the glorious image of God, become a living being with a spirit, manage very efficiently, and the cost is low, then you don't need to make a lot of money. It is already a default not to make a lot of money, let alone spend a lot of money.

Let's start with simple things. Whether it is the elderly, young people, or children, they need to constantly do creative things. I object to parents buying Lego for their children, comparing them to each other. Which house is built by Lego? Train children to start doing real work, and doing real work can release people.

Today, if you need healing and deliverance inside you, you need not only prayer and reading the Bible, but also releasing the creativity inside you, and then you see that everything you create is very good, you will get great satisfaction, which is a blessing.

If you have a child with autism, because the child with autism is in a state of emptiness and chaos, you can release the creativity inside you and use your creativity to train your child, your child will experience great reversal, and what you create is very good. Solving problems requires creativity, no matter praying, reading the scriptures, or exorcising demons, what people need most is flexibility. Constantly exploring how ghosts operate, there is also a lot of knowledge in it.

If your child has learning disabilities, you should thank God, that is your opportunity to create. We should not spend money to hire teachers for our children. Children's learning disabilities are not the responsibility of the teacher, but the responsibility of the parents, which is the homework God gives you. You need to invent creative educational methods and then train your children, not outsource your children to schools. Schools are just outsourcing companies.

If you have often faced challenges at work and challenges in life in the past few years, start to restore the spiritual appearance today, and start to restore the opportunity to create through these challenges, and you will become a person with a future.

May God bless everyone!