GOD CREATED US

 

GOD CREATED US

Gen. 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make people in our image, to be like ourselves…” NLT

Mankind is not the product of some evolutionary process. We are not some accident of nature. We are the product of God’s creative mind and heart. God made us in His image. We are like God is. We have the reasoning ability of God. We have the ability of God to appreciate beauty, to love and be loved, to make choices, and to live with the consequences of our choices. We are like God in the sense that from early on in our conception we are eternal beings. God is spirit and we are too, albeit our spirit is encased in flesh and bones. Like God, we have the capacity for heart fellowship. We are like God, but we are never equal to God.

Notice that God declares himself to be more than one. We know He is three distinct personalities in one: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We are like God in His essence and entirety, yet, never His equal. We have characteristics of all three personalities of God, blended together to make us unique and wonderful creations.

When we try to explain ourselves apart from God, we rob ourselves of any logical reason to exist. Only in God’s creative act do we find cause to believe we are special and life is worthy to live. Only in God’s creative act do we find a reason to have hope, joy, and peace. We are made by God’s design in His likeness. Think about it. We are more than our existence on earth. We are eternal spiritual beings who have the capability to enter into a relationship with God. We have the capability of living a holy life like God who is holy. We can be who God created us to be; it is our choice to make.

“Thank you, our Father for making us who we are. Thank You for making me, me. Thank You for your thoughtful design. Thank You for making me a mirror image of yourself. Help me, Lord, to live up to your expectations for my life. In Jesus’ name. Amen.”