Genesis 1:26
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.”
God could have chosen to make man in the image of anything he wanted…
A tree
A horse
A mountain
A bug
A star
But he chose His image to make man in. If that is the case, what then is God’s image? By just looking at the first 26 verses of Genesis, we know that:
God was plural with Jesus and the Holy Spirit
He was creative
He was powerful
He was a visionary
He had a plan
He was organized
He had everything interconnected; one relying on the other
He was vast
He was meticulous
He was scientific
He was all-knowing
He was resourceful
He was a team player
He added us to his team
He delegated authority
He was methodical
He was a decision-maker
He was caring
He enjoyed his work
He was observant
He was omnipresent
He was omniscient
He made everything good
He rested
He was patient
He was empowering
He was with emotion
So, we too are these things if we are made in his image. The fact that we sinned doesn’t change the fact that we are still made in his image. We didn’t create ourselves. We belong to God.
The one thing God chose not to make us in his likeness was the knowledge of good and evil. He knew we couldn’t handle it.
Genesis 2:17
“but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
Satan knew this and used it to say, of course, God wants you to be like him, he made you in his image, didn’t he?
Genesis 3:5
For God knows that when you eat of it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
Satan always points out the things we don’t have or that we have not accomplished. He is always chipping away at our self-worth.
God set the standard day one, we are like him. Every day thereafter Satan tells us we are less than that. He is a liar.
Jesus was the answer to fill the gap between our sinfulness and our being made in the image of God. God never got a chance beyond day one in the garden to spend with us in the pureness of how he created us, without sin. He knows how he made each of us, he knows we are made like him and deep inside we each long for him. He too longs to have us come home. He will not rest again until that day.
Just a Thought…
