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Being Made in God’s Image
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by Chase Holtzclaw
ook up and tell me what you see. If you are a believer,
should look at ourselves. How wonderful it is to think
you might see something besides clouds and the sky.
about His love for us. God knew how we would be when
You might see the heavens and look up and say Abba
He chose us. He knew how we would betray Him and sin
or Father God. When I look up, it reminds me of how small
against Him, and yet He still chose us before the foundation
I truly am compared to the existence of the things God has
of the earth. How beautiful is His perfect love for us that He
created. I like to look up at the sky and talk to my Father
would put Himself through death to give us life—a life for
God who is in heaven. God said, “Let us make man in our image according to Our likeness…” (Genesis 1:26). God created man in His own image to remind us of Him. What do you think God sees when He looks at us? This question has so many answers from so many well-educated scholars, and these scholars have much to say about this topic. When I ask myself this question, I must look back to the work of God and think, God said that He made us in His own image. In this image is a perfect plan for our lives and the future we are created for. When we are born, our parents looked at us and compared us to them. How we have the same nose or the same color eyes. We often look at our children and see ourselves in them or parts
a life, after all, is the cost of sin. Sin will cause death, and
of our loved ones. When our kids act a certain way, we can
through our sinfulness, Jesus chose death of His body for us.
see where they may get it from. Father God knows where
The enemy does not want us to see ourselves the way
we get our likeness from. He knows all things about us from
God sees us. He wants us to see the same disappointment
the inside to the outside.
that he sees when he looks at himself. Imagine the jealously
When we look at ourselves in the mirror, do we see
that the enemy has for us because of the love God has for
the love of the Father on us, or do we see the weight of the
you and I. We can overcome the enemy when we truly
sins that we have committed? Sin will not allow us to look
look at ourselves and can see the love of our Heavenly
at ourselves as the image of God. It only lets us look at
Father resting on us. The peace that comes with that is
ourselves with guilt and shame. We are children of the God
overwhelming and is contagious to others. When we are
Almighty, and when we look at ourselves, we should see
walking with the image we were created to walk in, people
Him through us.
can immediately see the light of the Lord through us.
Bearing the image of God is nothing to take lightly us in His image. Our God, the creator of all things, chose to make us His own, which completely changes how we
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About The Author
considering He loved us so much that He chose to make
Chase Holtzclaw has three wonderful kids. God saved Chase’s life by showing him He has a better way. Chase prays that he can show his children how to love God above everything and to love their neighbor as themselves.
