Creation of Man Part One

01/12/2006

SPIRITUAL DIARY

My Worship Time                  Focus:  Creation of Man Part 1

Bible Reading & Meditation             Reference:  Genesis 1:26-28

            Message of the verse:  “26 Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.’  27  God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.  28  God blessed them; and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.’”

            In verse 26 it seems that the Trinity can be seen because the word Us is used as if God were speaking to someone, yet there was no one else involved in the creation of man other than the Triune God.  The verse goes on to say that man would have rule over the creatures that God had just made.  Man would loose this privilege when Adam sinned against God by eating the fruit in rebellion to God. There will be a day coming when God will restore this privilege to man to rule over His creation and that will be when Jesus Christ returns to the earth to set up His kingdom.

            Verse 27 speaks of man being created in the image of God, and this makes us different than the creatures that God had made.  When God created man He breathed into him the breath of life, and this was not just air, but God gave man a spiritual life that was lost when Adam sinned.  This is why Jesus Christ came to earth, to restore this Spiritual life to those who will accept His work on the cross as being for them and thus receive forgiveness for their sin and become a part of God’s own family.

            In verse 28 God blesses man and again tells them that they have rule over the fish of the seas and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  When I look at the world around me and look at the stars in the skies I do not have to think that all of this was some kind of cosmetic accident, but I know that the very God who created me in His own image created all of this for man to enjoy, yet sin has marred this, however God, through His Son Jesus Christ has caused me to be born again so that one day I will see Him face to face and have the opportunity to thank Him for all of His creation.

            I am thankful to know that I am created in the image of God.

The Word of God has been refreshing to my heart as I read and studied it this morning.

My Steps of Faith Today:  To trust the Lord to see me through the tests that I have to go through this morning, to give me His strength and to take away my fears.  To trust in the love of God and not to think that I have to perform in order to be pleasing in God’s sight, because I have all that I need for godliness in Christ Jesus.  To trust the Lord to teach me contentment and to direct my path.