Recently, a retired minister in our congregation was asked to bring the Team Devotion prior to the first service on Sunday morning. He joked, and we teased him as well, about holding his message to devotion timing at about five minutes. To say it this way, he is never at a loss for words when it comes to talking about the God he loves.
One thing he said really warmed my heart. He reminded us that we were created in God’s image. “So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” [Genesis 1:27 NLT]
Then he reminded us that God did this because of His love.
No one would argue that we have fallen far from the image of God. But while mankind rebelled, God did not leave us to us wallow in our rebellion. He provided a way, THE ONLY WAY, out of that rebellion. That’s what we celebrate each year during the Easter Season—God’s sending His Precious Son to open THE WAY back to the Father.
Jesus came, walked this dirty world with us, died on a cross for us. He was raised from the dead on the third day and returned to His Father to make intercession for us … all to return us to the Image of God.
We may not look like it yet … we still struggle while here … but there is coming a day when …