God takes the time to hand-craft each and every one of us into His image. He purposefully chooses to create all of us, and He then forms us to look like Him. All of humanity bears His image and likeness. Every single one of us.
Many people on this planet - although bearers of God's image - choose to live in a way that looks nothing like our Heavenly Father. People choose to follow their own selfish desires and whims despite their actions being contrary to God's Word.
Can you imagine what would happen if we all fully embraced being created in the image of God? What changes would break out if we simply chose to conform to the image of God in every area of our lives? How much would things improve if we began treating each other like the image-bearers of God that we actually are?
Jesus stands as our prime example of what it means to fully embrace being created in the image of God. Jesus walked the earth with authority. He knew no fear. Jesus treated His fellow man with love and respect no matter who they were. Even people who were supposed to be His enemy got shown the love of God when they came across Jesus' path.
Today, let's live our life like Jesus. Let's remember that we were all created in the image of God. Let's remember that every person we encounter - no matter where they are in life, no matter how they appear, no matter how they act - they were created on purpose by God to look and act like Him!
Every human being deserves our respect and love. As we acknowledge how much care God put into creating them, we ourselves will take on more of His image ourselves.
Verse of the Day: And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his [own] image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Genesis 1:26, 27
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