Image:May 28, 2014

TODAYS WORD FOR WEDNESDAY MAY 28, 2014

IMAGE

DEFINITION:

A physical likeness or representation of a person; a likeness or reflection; an idea or conception; created in God’s image.

SCRIPTURE:

So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him, male and female He created him. Genesis 1:27

We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and His Son Jesus Christ. I John 1:3

If we claim to have fellowship with Him yet walk in darkness, we lie and do not live by truth. I John 1:6.

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

God made you! You were fashioned in His own image. You were made in the fashion and likeness of the Creator. God created every living creature in this world but when He created man He made us a unique creation. We are different from all other creatures because He made us in His image.

It is plain that God did not make us exactly like Himself because God has no physical body. We will never be like God. We are just a reflection of God’s image. He has created us with intellect, with the ability to reason and feel emotions, and with a will. God is without sin and created Adam and Eve without sin so they could fellowship with God. When Adam and Eve chose to use their free will and sinned against God, their sin separated them from God.

Does this make you feel any different about your relationship with God? Many people you talk to today either don’t understand what you are saying or they believe that they just came through evolution.

God had a purpose in making you in His own image. His primary purpose is that you could and would have fellowship with Him. If a man does not have fellowship with God, he is lost, confused, and in darkness.

Just as darkness cannot exist in the presence of light, sin cannot exist in the presence of God. If we want to have a relationship with God we must put aside our sinful ways of living. If one chooses to live in darkness he cannot find his place in life without ultimate confusion and unhappiness. He soon will have a sense of not fitting in.

There are literally thousands of people today who will admit and confess that they are unhappy and do not know the reason why. Economic security, recreation, pleasure, and a good community in which to live have not brought about the peace and happiness that they expected and want.

The reason for this is simple: Man was created in the image of God and cannot find complete rest, happiness, joy, and peace until he comes back to God and puts his trust and hope in the God that created him in His image.

Take the time now to stop and evaluate your relationship with God. This relationship begins with your acceptance of Jesus as your Savior. Remember He died on the cross to pay the penalty for your sins. Your acceptance of Jesus as your Savior will assure your relationship with God.

LEARNING:

Our memory verse for this week is found in Philippians 4:13.

I can do all things through Him whom strengthens me.

PRAYER:

Thank You that You have created me in Your image so that I can have fellowship with You. Help me this day to tell others of the fellowship that can be theirs when they have a relationship with God, their creator.