Thursday 31 Jan 2013

Thursday Reading: Genesis 1:26-27

Key Verse: Genesis 1:27
27  So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Devotion:
Have you ever asked “why did God create man in His own image”? And if you have, what was your answer to yourself? God had created so many things this far: the very essence of light and dark itself, the smallest moons to all biggest stars, the largest sea manuals to the tiniest fish, from the creepiest insect to most majestic animal, and then to create man. Man was created, not as an afterthought but as a completer of His creation. God wanted someone very special to be able to tend to His creation. You may well say that He created angels to do that, and that they are more capable of things than we are; but God wanted someone a bit more special than a powerful angel to be able to do His bidding.

Yes God has and does use angels to do many things that we are not capable of doing because we are not able to be in the same places as them. God has created animals to be largely self-sustaining because they are able to live in their own environments and are able to reproduce to continue the progression. Then we came along and put a few spanners in the works by moving animals around and mixing them up a bit. God created things just right and we have come in and spoiled many things. So why should He have created us in the first place – after all He must have known we would be like this!

Well, God wanted us to have a free will and wanted us to be able to make the choice of how we live. So He gave us the ability to make those choices based on the conscience minds that He gave us. He allowed us to grow in intelligence and to fill our minds with the things that we choose rather than planting everything there in the first place. Animals have a very basic form of choice in that they chose to live or die. We have a choice that goes far beyond our mortal bodies because we have a soul that God has given us and that soul will be living with the ultimate choice that we make during our lives on earth. So we have to make the right choice here and now so that we can live the right way after our mortal bodies give in. God wants us to choose to live with Him – that is why He created us the way that we are. But He knew there would be a price to pay because some would not choose the right way.

We have a chance to be witnesses toward others so that they can make a good choice rather than a bad choice based on the worldly perspective.

Points to Ponder:
What made you choose to find out more about God?

Do you encourage others to seek God?