Daily life with Jesus by Grahame Howard: Made in His image

Wednesday 19 February 2020

Made in His image

"26 Then God said, 'Let us make man in our image, according to Our likeness -- 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them." Genesis 1:26-27. NKJV

Have you ever been told that you're useless; that you'll never come to anything, you're just a failure? Have you ever been told that you're a waste of space, you're just a nobody going nowhere? Well let me tell you right now, they are lies! Did you get that? They are lies from the pit of hell; because the devil knows that you are a somebody. He knows that that you are made in the image of God and that through Jesus, you are a friend of God. In fact, you are His son or daughter, a brother or a sister of Jesus. The devil knows that you are a son or a daughter of the Most High God - El Shaddai. The devil knows all of this and he doesn't like you because of it.

2 Corinthians 3:18 tells us:

'But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord , are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.'

As a born again believer of Jesus Christ, you are made in His image, so when you look in a mirror; walk into a room; speak to someone, the image of God will be seen in you. Now this doesn't mean necessarily that you will look like Him. What does He look like anyway? Well, something like you. God is Spirit yet at times, He may manifest in a body - such as Jesus did, The Word became Flesh John 1:14. Being made in His image is more like, you possess His personality, have knowledge and feelings and a will. You have a soul, which is made up of your mind, will and emotions.
The mirror image, is that as we get to know Him better, we become more like Him and people begin to see this. We walk into a room and we take the presence of God with us. We speak to someone, maybe in the supermarket and they instantly know that there is something different about us. Therefore, when we look into our mirror, we need to see through our spiritual eyes - by faith - that we're looking at the image of God - Jesus, in us, 'Christ in you, the hope of glory,' Colossians 1:27.

Now this doesn't sound like you're someone who is useless, a waste of space and that you'll never make anything of yourself, does it? Meditate on these scriptures, own them, look in in the mirror and see Jesus in you and realise that you are made in His image and that He thinks you're pretty wonderful.

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