The Crown
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness (Gen 1:26).
What greater honor could there possibly be than to be created in the image of God? Man is the crown of God\’s creation. If there is any way for us to measure the success of our lives, it would be by how well we have reflected Him in our lives. For this reason we read in Rom 8:28-30:
And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren; and whom He predestined, these He also called; and whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.
The Fall of man did not wipe out God\’s ultimate call upon men. The Lord used the Fall to reveal His unfathomable love, and to bring forth a “new creation” that was much higher than the first creation. Those who overcome the Fall by their faith in the cross of Jesus Christ, will become joint heirs with Him.
Everything that happens to us is for the purpose of bringing forth God\’s higher purpose in our lives. That higher purpose is Christlikeness. Every trial and every problem is for the purpose of conforming us to the image of Christ. If we will look at our problems in that light, we will be able to understand and overcome them. In all things we must keep the high calling of coming to the stature of the fullness of Christ -being conformed to the image of Christ as our purpose.
To understand our transformation we must understand 2 Cor 3:18: “But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.” We are to be transformed “from glory to glory.”
- To show full repentance, sometimes confession to the offended party and restitution where it is required.
- Refusal to do the above will render you unqualified to stand before the Lord because you are unwilling to come before Him on His terms. Psalm 15, 24:1-5.
- Bring repentance on behalf of your family, kingdom citizens in the territory in areas where they have participated in ungodly actions that has brought defilement to the land.
Pray for the cleansing of our land and ask that the land will yield her best for you.