HOW DOES GOD SEE ME?
Part 1

 

Our world screams at us to be successful. “You must be someone.” This seems to be accomplished through beauty and brains. But God sees you as “someone” designed by Him for a purpose. 

 

Let me ask you a question.  How do you handle lies and thought patterns that come to haunt you?  For example: 

 

a.  “It was all your fault that happened to you.”

b.  “You will never be anyone.” 

 

Do you live in lies that seem so real? Do they follow you everywhere you go or whatever you do? 

 

Sometimes you hear a mother say, “This baby wasn’t planned,” or “it just happened.”

 

But God says something completely different. He says you were chosen before the foundation of the world.  In the beginning God said “Let us (the Trinity) make man in our image, after our likeness.” 

 

In what ways are we created in God’s image? It can’t be physical, simply because we know that God has no physical body. Could He be talking about our entire self that reflects the image of God….our reasoning, our creativity, our self-determination our speech? 

 

We can never be exactly like God, but once we become born again, His Spirit resides in us and we manifest the fruit of the Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, long suffering etc). Then we become more and more like His image. Isn’t this exciting? 

 

Our God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the Breath of Life, and man became a living being. Then the Lord caused man (Adam) to fall into a deep sleep and He took one of his ribs. From the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, He made into a woman. 

Praise the Lord we are created by an awesome God!  Knowing that you are made in God’s image should provide you with a solid self-image….a self-image that no person can take away. 

 

So the question is, where do you gain your self-respect and self-worth? 

Father, I am created in your image. What a marvelous wonder! Help me to get my self worth from You and You alone. Remove all doubts about who I am. Let me wake up each morning, knowing that I am somebody. I am created in Your image.  In Jesus’ name. 

Genesis 1 / Genesis 2:7 / Genesis 2:21-22 / Ephesians 1

 

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.