Create is Different than Made

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and all the creatures that move along the ground. So, God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:26-27 

By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing, so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. Genesis 2:2-3

“Days of Praise” written by Henry M. Morris, Ph.D. of the Institute of Creation Research said, “God is, therefore, both Creator and Maker of all things, including the image of God in man. These two terms are not synonymous, though they sometimes seem to be used interchangeably. ‘Creation’ is calling into existence entities that previously had no existence. No one except God is ever the subject of the verb ‘create.’ The work of making, on the other hand, is that of organizing created entities into complex systems. It is interesting that God is called ‘Creator’ five times in the Bible, whereas He is called ‘Maker’ 16 times.”

After I developed my family Christian game “Ladder of Wisdom,” I made the mistake of saying yes to people who said, “You created this game?” Well, I made a mistake. I was the Maker of the game as I took items that God had created and put them together to make the game. All 120 verses used in the section boxes of “Ladder of Wisdom” came from the Bible. All I did was copy them into the Wisdom, Foolishness or Second Chance boxes. I didn’t create the material to make the box the game comes in or the tees. The wood of the tees that show the progress of the players and the cardboard box were created by God when He created the trees. All I did was use what the trees produced.

The good news is that I have been able to now say, “I didn’t create it because only God can create something out of nothing, but I developed or made it from items already created.” This brings an understanding look from people. God also created the people that took the game to from Nebraska and HobbyTown stores where people can buy them.

Prayer: Dear Father in heaven, thank you for giving us so many tools so man can make items that are useful to us. Please keep us from mistakenly saying, “We created something.” You are an impressive, awesome God who created all things. Amen.

Sandra Hilsabeck