Being Made in God’s Image

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Being Made in God’s Image

by Chase Holtzclaw

Look up and tell me what you see. If you are a believer, you might see something besides clouds and the sky. You might see the heavens and look up and say Abba or Father God. When I look up, it reminds me of how small I truly am compared to the existence of the things God has created. I like to look up at the sky and talk to my Father God who is in heaven.

God said, “Let us make man in our image according to Our likeness…” (Genesis 1:26). God created man in His own image to remind us of Him.

What do you think God sees when He looks at us? This question has so many answers from so many well-educated scholars, and these scholars have much to say about this topic. When I ask myself this question, I must look back to the work of God and think, God said that He made us in His own image. In this image is a perfect plan for our lives and the future we are created for. When we are born, our parents looked at us and compared us to them. How we have the same nose or the same color eyes. We often look at our children and see ourselves in them or parts of our loved ones. When our kids act a certain way, we can see where they may get it from. Father God knows where we get our likeness from. He knows all things about us from the inside to the outside.

When we look at ourselves in the mirror, do we see the love of the Father on us, or do we see the weight of the sins that we have committed? Sin will not allow us to look at ourselves as the image of God. It only lets us look at ourselves with guilt and shame. We are children of the God Almighty, and when we look at ourselves, we should see Him through us.

Bearing the image of God is nothing to take lightly considering He loved us so much that He chose to make us in His image. Our God, the creator of all things, chose to make us His own, which completely changes how we should look at ourselves. How wonderful it is to think about His love for us. God knew how we would be when He chose us. He knew how we would betray Him and sin against Him, and yet He still chose us before the foundation of the earth. How beautiful is His perfect love for us that He would put Himself through death to give us life—a life for

a life, after all, is the cost of sin. Sin will cause death, and through our sinfulness, Jesus chose death of His body for us.

The enemy does not want us to see ourselves the way God sees us. He wants us to see the same disappointment that he sees when he looks at himself. Imagine the jealously that the enemy has for us because of the love God has for you and I. We can overcome the enemy when we truly look at ourselves and can see the love of our Heavenly Father resting on us. The peace that comes with that is overwhelming and is contagious to others. When we are walking with the image we were created to walk in, people can immediately see the light of the Lord through us.

About The Author Chase Holtzclaw has three wonderful kids. God saved Chase’s life by showing him He has a better way. Chase prays that he can show his children how to love God above everything and to love their neighbor as themselves.