The Germans have a proverb: Das Werk lobt den Meister. “The work proves (or praises) the craftsman.” That means that when Moses tells us that God surveyed his finished creation and saw that it was “very good,” we aren’t just learning about God’s work. We’re learning about God himself.

Music Credit: J. S. Bach, “Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten,” aria from “Jesu, der du meine Seele,” BWV 78 (Leipzig, 1724).