IMAGE
OF GOD
Genesis
1:26-31
Devotional:- “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” (V.
26) NKJV
At
creation, God the Creator made us in His image. The greatest challenge for
humanity is the loss of identity. When a man does not know who he is, he will
be a cheap prey of the enemy. Lack of identity is the reason for most of all
human failure. Even Eve fell into the deceptive trap of the devil because she
was confused about her identity. This is the cheapest means to steal and
destroy human destiny. He is still using it against men to date. The truth is
that it is the most successful weapon of the enemy against man.
Friend,
be willing to divorce all fact and untrue information about yourself and take
the truth of the word of God (John 8:32). You were created in the image of
God—to carry the very nature of God. God is a Spirit and triune. You are also a
spirit and triune (John 4:24, I John 5:7-8). Sin separates man from his true
nature (Romans 3:23). It is by the Spirit God that you come alive, and by His Spirit
that you can do all things (Genesis 2:7; Philippians 4:13). God put Himself
into man to do what He can do. You are a man of dreams with the innate ability
to turn a bush into a great city. You are capable of becoming great. The
strength of God was reproduced in man. He was created a righteous being and was
without blemish. That is why human is higher than all other creations of God and
was made better than even the angels (Hebrews 1:5, I John 3:1). He possesses
the ability and beauty of God. The man was created with the ability to do many
things without limitation.
You
will need to start to look at yourself from this new dimension. Though you look
like a single entity, you can become great, only if you can begin to see
yourself with the understanding of how you were created. God is not weak, and weakness
is not in your nature, you are only deceived to think of weaknesses. It is a
foreign thing to you. That is why you feel the pain when you fail. Pain is a
signal that something strange has been introduced into your nature. Friend, meditate
on the word of God, then, you will become conscious that you are created like
God.
PRAYER:
LORD, BRING ME BACK TO THE LIGHT OF WHO I AM.
“UNTIL
THE LIGHT OF WHOM YOU ARE IS DONE ON YOU, YOU WILL NEVER BECOME WHAT YOU ARE
CREATED TO BE”
