Creation And Formation.

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." Gen 1:1-2.
"And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground,.." Gen 2:7.

[To create - means to bring into existence :: To form - means to give shape, and fill up.]

This topic is a challenging one but worth sharing all the same. The account God gave us of creation is for us to learn of Him and live like Him to become like Him. So here are my thoughts on same account.

The Great Gap.
Reading through the first book and first two chapters of the book of Genesis, we tend to miss this gap between when God started His Thoughts of creation within His Mind and what is first formed within His Heart that were formed.
We know that Gen 1:1 gave us a complete summary account that God created everything. But reading the second verse Gen 1:2, which just started off at a point "within" where the Spirit of God was already in the process of formation,and not exactly at the very beginning of the process. What we see happening from Gen 1:2 onward is the "mix" of creation and formation. Now you're saying "what do i mean by that?". Here are my thoughts on that:
"The process of Creation was in the Mind of God, and Formation was done by the Spirit of God.". What I am saying is that,the Mind of God started the thoughts that were built up in His Heart which the Spirit of God formed. I hope I am convincing enough. I am saying that the Mind and the Spirit of God, were present at the beginning of everything - heaven and the earth. The Mind of God is the Word,the Will of God, Which is Christ. "For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ." 1Cor 2:16. This Lord is Christ. The Spirit is the Spirit of God,which is same in Christ, (1Peter 1:11).
 
God's Mind created in His Heart all that is formed.
(The Mind direct the Spirit. Gen 1:3 onward.)
As the "Thoughts" are being created in the Mind of God, they are simultaneously formed in His heart by His Spirit, who brought everything to exist in forms and shapes. "And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us." for we know that God's Spirit resides within our hearts that is, our spirits, because we are created in God's own very image, (Gen 1:26). "But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God." 1Co 2:9-10. Creation(Thoughts of God) goes on forever in the Heart of God, and His Spirit knows these Thoughts.

Created in God's own image!?
So here's my thought - if we truly believe we are created in God's image,then we need to think thoughts of God and do things of God like God gave to us these creative-creation example of the Earth. And out of the billions and billions of stars and planets, God only gave us an exemplary demonstration with the planet Earth. Our solar system alone is but a dot in all God has created and formed. Many of these planets are void and formless right now except the earth,made fit for life. And now the question is "who is going to form,shape and fill up these other planets in all these galaxies!? It is anybody that carries within him the Mind and Spirit of Christ!
These are just my thoughts, and i believe we have lots to do in eternity, with and for God! Or what do you think? "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD." Isa 55:8. And these are just my thoughts. Shalom.