You are Made in the Image of God

Everyone likes a good self-image, don’t we?   As we look at our original identity of being an image-bearer of God, it doesn’t get any better than that!  

I sure wish I would have learned this earlier in life.  It would have saved me from an identity crisis that I went through as a young one.  I didn’t realize who I was until my later years. Most of us learned too late.  However, since we are promised that “Our latter years shall be greater than our former years,” then we still have time!  

Way back in the beginning, we watched God create the entire world and everything in it–every animal, mountain, the sun, and the moon, even day and night. After that, God says, “Let us make man in our image (likeness)and let them rule.”  Genesis 1: 26

Incredible, isn’t it?  If you struggle with a good self-image, go back to the beginning, your God-made beginning image.  You were born to bear God’s image.   

It may even be safe to say, “We have our Father’s eyes.”   He always wanted us to see.

He knows that Satan has “Blinded the minds of the unbeliever, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ who is the image of God.”  2 Corinthians 4: 4

How is this all tied in?  

When we receive the gospel, we receive Christ, we receive glory and are gloriously transformed.  

Is it any wonder why it grieves the heart of God those who worship idols or images?  One of the Ten Commandments was that “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything…”  Exodus 20: 4 

God created man to bear His image, not anyone else’s.  We are to worship Him alone, not anything else.  

God declared that we would be created in the image of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  That’s why He said, “Let us make man…”  That us is plural, indicating more than one.  

This very verse compliments a New Testament verse.  That verse is:   “All of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image.”  2 Corinthians 3: 18

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Mary Beth Pecora, a faithful wife, mother, grandmother, friend, worshiper and servant leader, who loves life and loves people. More importantly, she passionately loves God and the fullness of who He is! For twenty-three years she has served in leadership positions within the ministry of Aglow International. Currently, she and her husband serve at The Secret Place--A Psalm 91 Ministry. It's a place for individual folks to come, be exhorted and prayed for, while being ushered to ministry stations within the room. They continue to serve monthly in the Prayer Room at their home church that they have been a part of for almost forty years. In April of 2022 they both received their Ministry License and were Ordained in May of 2023. She delights in encouraging folks of all ages within various walks of life. Her love of writing is now her passion, which led her to publish two books, "Restoration Explosion In The New Year," and "Navigating The Mysteries Of God." Above all that’s been accomplished and concluded, the BEST thing to her is knowing her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He is her everything—her very best friend. Visit: Mybelovedsvoice.com

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