" You could argue that the most important words in all of the Bible are the first four words, “In the beginning, God . . .” Those words are meant to change the way you think about yourself, life, God, and everything else. God was on site before you were. The earth and everything in it is an expression of his design and his purpose. Because he is the Creator of all things, all things belong to him. God created you. That means you belong to him. You and I were carefully designed for his purpose. We did not make ourselves. We did not rise out of the primordial ooze, the result of impersonal forces. We are the direct product of God’s creative power and will. "
― Paul David Tripp , New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional