Made for Him

I wrote this in November 2011

Genesis 1 v 26
God said, Let Us [Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] make mankind in Our image, after Our likeness, and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the [tame] beasts, and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth
We are super-special. We know this because the very first book in the Bible tells us so. It tells us that we were created by God. Let’s have a selah moment and stop there for a second. You were created, you were planned and thought out by God. He had you in mind, setting out a plan and a purpose for your life (Jeremiah 1 v 5 Before I formed you in the womb I knew [and] approved of you). You weren’t a mistake, or a product of evolution. You are here because God created you.

But it gets better than that. You weren’t just created; you’re not just any old creature. You’re created in the likeness and image of God Himself. That’s mind-blowing. He Himself created you in His own likeness. He wanted a family, and friendship and He created us for that purpose. He loves spending time with us and when we’re living our lives ignoring Him, we’re not living out our purpose.

Now it’s true that individually we may have a calling, a vocation, a business, hobbies, a family....and all that is perfectly ok. We may have a ministry, whether that be evangelising the gospel, healing the sick, or we may be a prayer warrior. But our first and foremost call in life is to fellowship with Him. Anything that is taking the place of that, including your ministry, is not in line with His desires for you.

We are the bride of Christ. Just as God created Adam and saw he was better with a woman by his side as a companion, so God created Eve. She was created for Adam and we, as the bride of Christ, are created for Him. I like how 1 Corinthians 11 v 8 &9 puts it: For man was not [created] from woman, but woman from man; Neither was man created on account of or for the benefit of woman, but woman on account of and for the benefit of man. We are here on this planet because God put us here to commune and fellowship with Him, exactly like he put woman here for the fellowship of Adam.
The bible doesn’t strictly tell us how much time elapsed between creation and the fall. It doesn’t tell us what Adam & Eve did during that time. But it does give us a little glimpse when it tells us in Genesis 3 v 8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day. I get the impression that this was a daily thing that God did. He came to Adam & Eve in the garden in the evenings and spent time with them. Now God probably wasn’t in the garden when Eve was being deceived, so they did have their own time. But everyday, they fellowshipped with God.
So, we need to make sure we remember that no matter what anyone says about you, you are special. God loves you and He wants to spend time with you . Don’t forget your fundamental calling.