We were created in His image
| Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. (Genesis1:26-27) |
This is indicated in Genesis 1 (our passage) and it is illustrated in Genesis 2 when we are told that God fashioned us from clay and breathed (Hebrew = "Ruach" = Breath = Spirit) into us.
What does it mean to be created in God's image? Is this about 10 fingers and toes or something deeper? I think the French mathematician, Blaise Pascal, nailed it when he said that there is a "God-shaped vacuum" inside each of us - a space that only God can fill.
We have been created with the unique capacity to have a personal relationship with God. Being created in His image means that we can be known and can know God personally, authentically and creatively. When we don't know Him, we have not reached our created potential.
We worship, because this is what we were created to do.
It's like coming home...
It's like finding our niche...
It's the meaning of life.
When we worship it's like finding the missing piece of the puzzle.
The church father Augustine said it nicely:
"We are restless until we find our rest in Thee."
