26 Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth.”
27 God created humankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them,
male and female he created them.
28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground.”
29 Then God said, “I now give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the entire earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.
30 And to all the animals of
the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to all the creatures that move
on the ground – everything that has the breath of life in it – I give every green plant for food.” It was so.
31 God saw all that he had made – and it was very good!
There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day.Biblical Studies Press. (2006; 2006). The NET Bible First
Edition; Bible. English. NET Bible.; The NET Bible (Ge 1:26-31).
Biblical Studies PressI have read the first chapter of Genesis many times. In reading through it today I picked up on two little messages that are so important.
They are especially important when I am feeling like I just do not get it. On those days when I am not really able to do what I should do, I am not the person I should be. You must be able to relate to those kind of days. The days when everything goes wrong, or you just let your friends down or you just demand too much from your friends.
What are the messages you ask, that are so important. The first one is "Let us make humankind in our image". What a wonderful desire that God would make us be like him.
This is not quite enough though because you can have the feeling "well at least God tried but the image must have been blurred."
That is where the second message comes in to remove all doubt. "God saw all that he had made – and it was very good!" Not just good but very good. God does not make junk.
Now because of our freedom. we can still mess things up, but Jesus Christ takes our place that we can be in His image.
Thanks be to our Loving God.
Amen
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Monday, September 15, 2008
Encouragement His own image....
Here is your daily encouragement words and thoughts. Today I bring you encouragement from Genesis 1:26-31
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Meditation on this truth you shared with us drew me to II Peter 1:3,4 which says, "His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, 4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust."
I am blown away at the notion that not only did God settle on creating us in the image of Himself, but also saw to it that even after the fall, through Jesus Christ, He would enable us to have all the tools necessary to live Godly lives, but we could actually partake in His very nature and escape those things the unregenerate struggle helplessly with, never to any avail.
What an awesome God we serve. We blew it and yet through Christ, it is STILL very good!
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