DAY SIX MIRACLE – Wednesday January 6th 2016
Memorise: So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God created he him; male
and female created he them. Genesis
1:27
Read:
Genesis 1:24-31, 24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living
creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth
after his kind: and it was so.
25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and
cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his
kind: and God saw that it was good.
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our
likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the
fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every
creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God
created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be
fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have
dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every
living thing that moveth upon the earth.
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing
seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is
the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the
air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I
have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it
was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Bible in one year: Numbers 27:12-29:40, Psalms
148
MESSAGE!!!
Man is the major
miracle of the sixth day of creation. On this day, God decided to create the
chief of all His creations – man. This was in order to make man the overseer of
His created order. God is the most perfect Creator and Administrator of both
animate and inanimate creation. However, as the perfect Administrator who knew
the magnitude of the universe He had created, He decided to make a “small” god
(a similitude of Himself) to rule the earth on His behalf (Psalm 82:1-6, John
10:34). To be called “gods” is marvellous; it is indeed a miracle to make a
“god” out of the dust of the earth.
“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our
likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over
the fowl of the air, and over the
cattled and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepth upon
the earth.”
Genesis 1:26
God created man in His
own image, blessed man and inaugurated the dominion of man over all other
creations. However, this was not without
clear-cut instructions on how man
should exercise his dominion. This, of course, is where the first couple missed
it when they craved for unlimited dominion (Genesis 3:5-6). It is unfortunate
that the 21st century man is guiltier of this than any other
generation before them. it is even more unfortunate that the 21st
century Church is guiltier of exercising unlimited freedom, thinking that Jesus
Christ saved us into lawlessness and unguided freedom. This is the reason why
human beings must live up to God’s expectation as gods to other creations.
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ asked rhetorically.
“What shall we say? Shall we continue in sin, that grace
may abound? God forbid. How shall we that are dead to sin, live any longer
therein?”
Romans 6:1-2
We must jealously
guard our position in God’s creation and redemption. Our first parents lost it;
we found it in Christ, so we must be careful not to take the grace of salvation
for granted any more. The divine assessment of the entire six day effort is:
“And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good…. “Every
perfect thing that has gone bad in your life will be restored today in Jesus’
name.
Action Point
Find out those things that God declared good in
your life that have gone bad. Pray that God who redeemed you will restore those
good things today in Jesus’ name.
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