In Genesis, God did some amazing things, including what we call life.
Over the several days of creation God created the basis for humans to survive.
And that would have been good enough.
But there is a small spot where God says he created us in his own image. Which would equate to us having many benefits that God
presented. After all the world that we view is in the eyes of how God viewed the creation.
His words make clear before man, that the stuff created was amazing, pleasing to him. That was not for our benefit yet.
But what is pleasing to God and his creation, is also why we find the same perspective in our lives.
We have some good ideas of whom God was and is and will be.
But there is more if we take sometime to see how close God kept us in his creation:
Over the several days of creation God created the basis for humans to survive.
And that would have been good enough.
But there is a small spot where God says he created us in his own image. Which would equate to us having many benefits that God
presented. After all the world that we view is in the eyes of how God viewed the creation.
His words make clear before man, that the stuff created was amazing, pleasing to him. That was not for our benefit yet.
But what is pleasing to God and his creation, is also why we find the same perspective in our lives.
We have some good ideas of whom God was and is and will be.
But there is more if we take sometime to see how close God kept us in his creation:
- God as Creator: The Bible describes God as a creative being who takes delight in His creation. Beauty is an expression of God's nature and character. Just as an artist creates something beautiful not out of necessity, but out of the desire to express creativity, God’s creation reflects His glory, wisdom, and love. And we embrace these qualities our selves. A true blessing.
- Psalm 19:1 (NIV): "The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands."
- Genesis 1: The creation account repeatedly notes that what God created was "good," suggesting that beauty and goodness are inherent in God's work.
- Gift to Humanity: The beauty of the world can be seen as a gift from God to humanity. It reflects His generosity and His desire for humans to enjoy and take pleasure in His creation. Beauty, in this sense, enriches life and provides joy, inspiration, and a sense of wonder.
- James 1:17 (NIV): "Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows."
- Acts 14:17 (NIV): "Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy."
Look outside at the yellow and red flowers. The smell of the ocean. The admiration of a bird on flight, the love of puppy,
the triggering effects of a laugh. The warm embrace of a hug.
The wind as it brings the scent of spring, and the sky as it dims and the night is sparkling the heavens.
These things we know, are not required for a living being to survive.
But these things we know its a good chance how God felt, are also how we feel about these things.
We are closer to God then just what he created. We share some very common ideas of beauty and enjoyment.
When God is disappointed or displeased. I think its very much like we feel these emotions.
Its seems very plausible that most emotions of enjoyment, pain, humor, sadness and pain must be pretty close to what God feels.
For these are things he created. I am not God, so I am unsure how he could create us in how we experience life.
without knowing these emotions himself in some way?
And then Christ, God as man. Jesus experienced what we experienced. There is no discussions in the Bible that Jesus
fond it hard to fit it. God knew what Human would feel. But Christ would build a permanent intimacy with man in the returning of the sun.
If you ever doubted perhaps its easy for God, because. Well he is all powerful, all amazing.
But in Christ the father knows exactly your suffering and pain.
We are truly blessed
Amen
