Genesis 1:26-28 (Amplified) tells us, "God said, Let Us (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit), make mankind in Our Image (after Our Likeness), and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the (tame) beast of the fields, and over all the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth. God Blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, using all its vast resources in the service of God and man; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and over every living creature that moves upon the earth."
We can determine from these scriptures, that God's Intention from the beginning, was for His family to be in a position of authority, dominion and under His Blessing. God Intended to be co-owners with His family of the earth and everything on it, for eternity. God Intended for His family to multiply, bringing forth more family who would live under His provision and Blessing forever. The earth was to be a home for God's children to grow and thrive. God Intended His family to be a constant source of joy, fellowship and blessing to the Father.
The Father Intended to oversee the growth of His children in complete joy. The Father held a dream in His heart, that couldn't be denied and His Greatness brought it into fruition. He set things into motion on this planet, including everything in and on it and He never left anything undone. God didn't just make one of everything, but He created an abundance of everything. He didn't create one fish, but made millions of different kinds of fish. God brought forth flowers that had no purpose, other than to please and Bless His children. God created thousands of different kinds of flowers, of different colors and fragrances, in order to please and delight His family.
God fashioned mountains and lakes that held such beauty and majesty, it would take your breath away, so that no matter where His children walked or looked, they could take in their grandeur. Even today, mankind has yet to explore all the depths of the seas and oceans and the creatures that live there. Only the Father could create these things and He did so, just to Bless His children. God created the entire earth and all it's beauty, to forever Bless His family and their children.
This was and is God's Original Plan and Intent for His family and the generations thereafter. The Father's heart of Love wanted to watch over, fellowship with and provide for His family, for eternity. Jesus bought and paid for all of our mistakes and failures, with His Own Blood, because of His Great Love for us. God wouldn't rest, until His family was restored back to Him. We're so unfamiliar with God's Goodness, that we don't run into His arms, rejoicing in His Great Love. We've allowed the world's way of seeing Him, instead of seeing how much it hurts God when we stand outside of His embrace.
God couldn't embrace His son Adam, after the transgression in the Garden. If God had drawn Adam into His arms in his state of sin and death, then it would have destroyed His man forever. No one could come back into God's Presence, because His Holiness and His Power of Being would have destroyed them. Today, many of us hold onto rituals and the training we received from the world, instead of joyfully entering into His Presence. We stand on formalities and ritual, instead of standing in God's Presence as His children, even though the Loving Father gave everything He had, in order to hold us once again.
God is still God Almighty, but He is our very own Father. Mankind didn't come into existence on our own, but we were created by His Love. We weren't trying to force our way into His house, but He became The Door and The Way, so we could come back into His Presence. He became The Light that would lead us home again, where we were made to belong.
We must never forget the reverence and respect that is His as God. We must also never forget that the Creator is also our Father and it was His Plan to create us, to be His family. Honor is due Him at all times. We honor and reverence our earthly fathers, even when we're grown. My oldest son is 58 years old, but before leaving my house or presence, he always hugs me, kisses me, and tells me that he loves me. I believe this is what our Heavenly Father desires. He wants us to enter into His house.
We must never forget that Jesus was and is, the Lord and Presence of God Himself. He was always close to His disciples and showed complete compassion on those around Him. Jesus ate with them, walked with them and fellow shipped with them as friends. They honored Jesus and loved Him as their friend and Messiah and Lord. Jesus must have laughed a lot, because the little children ran to Him and kids don't like grumpy, sour people.
We don't always see the human side of our Lord Jesus as much as we should. We should worship and fellowship with Him, as our Friend. Let's be glad to come before Him on this Resurrection Sunday and see Him as "Father," instead of the One Who can do things for us. Spending time in personal fellowship with Him, is the greatest Revelation anyone can hope for. Most of the Revelation knowledge I've received from the Father, came by talking with Him and asking what He wants us to know about Him.
Paul compares the intimacy of the husband/wife relationship to that of God and the Church, in Ephesians 5:32 (Amplified), saying, "This Mystery is very great, but I speak concerning the Revelation of Christ and the Church." If we spent the same amount of time with our spouses that we do fellowshipping with God, then we wouldn't be married very long. This is an intimate relationship that involves the intermingling of body, soul and spirit, complete in one.
If we spent time hearing and fellowshipping with God, then things in our walk and lives would change. One of my parishioners gave me a belt buckle that says, "On the eighth day, God made a Cowboy." It means a lot to me, when people recognize that I can be myself and still be anointed and be a man of God. We must all be the best us, that we can be, because that's who He created us to be.
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