And God said, “Let us make mankind, our very image and likeness, to manage all this – fish, birds, and other. And, so God did it. The Lord, God made male and female; the very image of God. He blessed them, so they would multiply, and fill the earth to accomplish the work He gave them to do. (Genesis 1:26-28)
Do your people understand how special they
are? Do they know what it means to be fully human and the amazing life they
were created to enjoy? One of the first tasks for any leader who will help
their people to grow, is to help those people to see and become all God intended
people to be. Without taking that step, how will they ever understand the rest
of the Lord God’s truth?
Through this explanation of creation, God
provides you with the identity and the role for you and each of your people.
People are created to be a reflection; a copy; an expression of the Lord God in
His world. That is each person’ s identity. Sin damaged that perfect creation. To
accomplish the work of God, the identity and relationship must be restored.
Each person must be recreated by the work of God’s love before that person is
able to receive and accomplish the purposes of God for his or her life.
Help your people find the restoration of
relationship with their God that will enable them to be His image in the world
today. Help them learn to be authentically human.
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