Genesis 1:26-30 (ESV)
26 Then God said, “Let us make man[a] in
our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the
fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and
over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
27 So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.
28 And God blessed them. And God said to
them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have
dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over
every living thing that moves on the earth.” 29 And
God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the
face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall
have them for food. 30 And to every beast of
the earth and to every bird of the heavens and to everything that creeps on the
earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant
for food.” And it was so.
God made man in His own image. He gave man intellect and
responsibility. We were mandated with
caring for creation which in turn would provide us with food. We were told to multiply and populate the
earth. God made us, gave us work and
food and it was good. The whole world
was perfect in all respects. Man was in
sync with God. That is how it should be. That was God’s image of life on this world. In
fact if life had stayed like this Jesus would not have needed to come. But it all went crazy, and sin bounded into
the world with destruction spewing everywhere.
It did not have to happen that way.
Man was not content with the world God gave him. He wanted more, but ended up with less. How
do you want more than God has given? Are
you willing to surrender to God’s perfect plan?
Why not try it?
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