In His Image

Being thankful to God for His blessings is something I have been told to do my whole life; but recently, I was reminded of a few of the many ways God has blessed me, and I would like to share some of those things with you over the next few weeks. I cannot take credit for the list of blessings I will be writing about, but I was asked not to give credit to the person who shared this list with me.

Genesis 1:27 says, “So God created mankind in His own image, in the image of God He created them; male and female He created them.” Obviously, He didn’t create us to physically look like Him, but He did give us the incredible privilege of being like Him in other ways; so today, I will be talking about His ‘image’ blessings.

• We have been given a intellect similar to God’s

God has given us the ability to solve problems, have relationships, think, etc., like He can – obviously at a different level, simply because He is God – but to have an intellect like His is a blessing I tend to take for granted.

• We have been given emotions similar to God’s

Without emotions, we would be like robots; able to process and function, but unable to feel anything. There would be no joy, pain, love, anger, or any other emotions that color our time here on earth. I have found that I have a tendency to complain about emotions, but I need to stop complaining, realize what a gift it is, and use it the right way.

• We have been given volition similar to God’s

God gave us free will because He didn’t want robots, then we turn around and blame Him for the problems we make. He wants us to want Him, but He won’t make us serve Him; not because He can’t, but because He loves us and He wants a real relationship with us.

• We have been given a social nature similar to God’s

In Scripture, there are implications of the members of the Trinity talking together, and there are numerous cases recorded of God coming down to talk to humans. Some people are more social than others, but we all have something in us that makes us desire relationships with other people.