We are Created by Him

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

When you are the one who builds something, you take a lot of pride and satisfaction in seeing the completed project.  Whether it's a house or a craft, it really becomes yours when you sit back and look at it, and realize you did it all.

If those kinds of inanimate objects could talk, it would be interesting to hear what they'd say.  Would they have pride in the fact that they were built, brick by brick, nail by nail, by the same hand?  Would they feel an intimacy with the one who created them?

As God's created, we should feel that way.  Every bone in your body was placed there by Him.  Every hair on your head was His idea.  Every fingernail, birth mark, and vein was created by Him.

It's fun to have an image of God laboring over us, pouring His blood, sweat and tears into us.  But that's simply not true.  He just spoke . . . and man was born. 

He didn't need us.  He wasn't lonely.  There was no hole in Him that He was trying to fill.  That's our ego talking if we think like that.

Here's the thing - He didn't need us.  He wanted us.   Can you ponder on that for just a moment?  Many times, we have children because we have this aching need inside, the maternal or paternal instinct that is screaming to be fulfilled.  But that's not how God is.  He didn't need us.  But He wanted us.

Not only that, He wanted us so much that He made us in His image.  We were designed to reflect Him.  HIM!!!  The King of the universe!  The Creator, the Judge, the Shepherd, the One who IS all things to all people -- He created us to be like Him.

How can we ever be filled with self-loathing, knowing that?  Well, we all know the answer to that.  Sin.  Sin distorts our God-given self-image, the image of ourselves that reflects Him. 

But it doesn't have to be that way.  When we turn away from sin, and back to our Creator, something within us realizes that now we are home.  Right back where we belong.  With our Maker. 

We are created by Him.  If we really believe that, it should be reflected in everything we do.  So take a good look . . . are you living this truth?  Do you believe that you were spoken into existence by the King? 

Let me know how this truth affects you.