Only His Image
Isn’t it amazing that God created us in his own image? Incredible! God wanted us to be able to relate to him in special ways. God wanted human companions and conversation partners. God made us after his own likeness! Wow! We need to always remember we are truly loved and cherished by God.
God said, Let Us [Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] make mankind in Our image, after Our likeness, and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the [tame] beasts, and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth. (Genesis 1:26, AMP, emphasis added)
God blessed us by making us in his own image. This is at the same time the most wonderful blessing and the biggest challenge for us. How great it is to be able to be in an intimate relationship with God! But how dangerous it is to start thinking we are our own god. An image is never the real thing. We were made in God’s image. But we are only images of God.
Every sin is based on wanting to be our own God. Every sin derives from wanting something else, something more we have. If we listen to the serpent, we will never be satisfied with anything. If we entertain the devil’s lies in our heads, we will be tempted time after time. If we don’t let God be God, we will never truly rejoice in being made in God’s image. Only by surrendering to God we can find the joys of being made after his likeness. Only by resting in God’s grace we can learn what it means to be cherished by God.
Gracious God,
Thank you for creating us in your image,
wanting to interact with us.
Forgive us for too often forgetting
that we are only images of you.
Enable us daily to surrender to you and
find the joys of being made after your likeness.
In Jesus’ name,
Amen
Q4U: How do you remember that you’ve been made in the image of God? What keeps you remembering that you are only an image?
Be blessed, my fellow pilgrim, as you rejoice in the joys of being made after God Almighty!
Image courtesy of Nina Santamaria, design by Mari-Anna Stålnacke. Linking up today with Sharing His Beauty & Hear it on Sunday, Use it on Monday and counting blessings: #1006 God made us after his likeness. #1007 We are just images of God. #1008 God wanted human conversation partners. #1009 God wants to have a love relationship with each one of us. #1010 God cherishes each one of us.
6 thoughts on “Only His Image”
I came over from Hear it on Sunday…I’ve never thought about it quite like this but I love it. This is great food for thought. I need to work on remembering that I am made in his image.
Thanks so much, Mary! Yes, too often we forgot that we are special in God’s eyes. God’s best blessings to you, sis!
We really must take every thought captive and know that God is good. God created us to fellowship with and that means we must make an effort to chose HIM.
First paragraph is so powerful…WOW, are in the image of GOD! Why do we ever think we aren’t beautifully and wonderfully made?
Thank you kindly, TC! God really is more amazing than we can imagine! We truly are beautifully and wonderfully made! Abundant blessings to you and yours!
Dear Mari-Anna
When we consider the fact that our Pappa God is love, then perhaps the image we were created in was His image of being able to love Him back on a spiritual level for He is Spirit. We were the only creatures who received His breath of life! But then, Adam and Eve decided to go their own way, independent of their Pappa! Oh, the joy of being re-united with Him. Found your place at Michelle’s.
Much love XX
Mia
Exactly, Mia! Being an image of God does not mean physical likeness but spiritual, moral etc. Thank you for commenting! May God bless you richly!