GOD’s Work of Art
All of us were children at one time. For some of us that’s
hard to remember. The experience of childhood is different from one person to
the next because we are all different people and we all experienced different
environments. But we all have one thing in common, we were once children, and
we all grew up to be adults. Throughout that process, and even into adulthood,
we may have had times when we looked in the mirror and felt inadequate or
insufficient. Maybe we felt we weren’t good enough at a certain sport. Or we
were shy. Or maybe we didn’t care for a certain physical feature.
But GOD made us the way he wanted to make us. GOD made you the way he wanted to make you. When we look at ourselves through the GOD’s eyes, there is a completely different perspective – a completely different view of who we are.
“Then GOD said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. … So GOD created man in his own image, in the image of GOD he created him; male and female he created them.” (Genesis 1:26a & 27) GOD thought so highly of his creation, he created us in his image. Since GOD is love, we are created to reflect his love.
“Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” (Genesis 1:26b) GOD thought so highly of his creation, he created us to be in charge of the rest of creation. That means we are created above the animals – not equivalent to the them.
“For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.” (Psalm 139:13-14) GOD thought so highly of his creation, he created us with care as he took his time to “knit” us together.
Whenever we see a painting, especially an exceptional painting, one of the first things we do after admiring the work of art is we look to see who painted it. When we look into the mirror, we should see that we are created by GOD. When we look at other people in the world, we should look at them and know who the artist is – GOD. We should not be defined by what other people think or say. As GOD’s creation, we should define ourselves as his work of art.
