In His image

 

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” - Genesis 1:26-28

 

What does it mean when we read that man and woman were created in His image? We might be tempted to think that we physically look like God. The truth is though that God is a spirit and He does not have a body like man.

 

We are made in God’s image though. We are different from any other of God’s creatures. We alone were created with eternity in our hearts. We alone are made with eternal souls which will live somewhere forever. We are created with a will and a conscience and emotions and the ability to love. We have an intellect and wisdom and a free will and volition.

 

Without any sense of pride we can say that we are God’s special creation. As we will see later God breathed into us the breath of life. We alone have the capacity to know God.

 

What do we do with this specialness? Are we going to respond?  Adam and Eve broke things when they sinned, but we are so special that God had a plan for that.

 

As  Christians we are to show God to the rest of the world. Jesus came to save us, but He also came to show us his to live in such a way that we show the world a glimmer of what God is like