OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-WEDNESDAY-06/01/2016-DAY SIX MIRACLE-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
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 everything 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 everything 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 everything that he had
made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the
sixth day.
KJV
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 everything 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.
Bible in one year:
Numbers 27:12-29:40, Psalms 148
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