So yesterday we talked about Jesus being God and therefore being around before the beginning of everything (John 1:1-3). Today we will journey back to Genesis 1 & 2. You probably know the story of creation...How God (Father, Son, & Spirit) created light and mountains and water and everything else...But have you ever looked at when He created man? Like specifically...It's fascinating!! Check this out:
"Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness." -Genesis 1:26
Like, I know you've heard it before, but read it with your name in there: "Then God said, "Let us create _____ in our own image, after our likeness." Wow!! That is pretty freaking awesome!! But here's where it gets even cooler:
God has been speaking all these things into creation...Light, water, mountains, canyons, planets, moons, stars, galaxies, animals, gnats...Well, I'm not convinced those didn't come after the fall...But here God is creating EVERYTHING...Things we look at pictures of and stand in awe of...And after every single one He says that God saw that it was good. He saw that it was GOOD!!
Yet when He creates man...You and I...In His image...He looks over all that He created and see's that it is VERY GOOD!!!
Do you realize the importance you carry in God's eyes?? Do you realize His immense love for you and I?? It is SO deep that He proclaims that our creation improves ALL of creation from good to VERY good!! What a crazy love He has for us!! And I'm not just talking to believers here...It's for EVERYONE!!
So...Uhhh...Isn't this supposed to be about Jesus?? Yes!!!
"then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature." -Genesis 2:7
So here is the LORD God (Father, Son, Spirit) breathing life into the nostrils of man for the first time. It says specifically that this is when man became a LIVING creature!! Since we know from yesterdays note that all things were created solely through Jesus and He is as part of the Trinity breathing life into man for the first time...Long before He would proclaim:
“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." -John 14:6
So as we enter into this time of celebration, let us remember today what we are TRULY celebrating!! Not only God Himself coming to Earth, but also His specific mission: Not to make bad people good...To make dead people alive for His glory!!
He's been the source of that life since the VERY beginning!! You matter to Him!! He's gone out of His way to love you and I with a love that seems crazy and scandalous and extravagent beyond measure...Yet to Him...He is just God being God. Let's celebrate THAT!!
"Love one another." -Jesus
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