Promises Made 1 – Made in His Image
PROMISES MADE
Made In His Image
Determination NOT Depression
Discipline NOT Disobedience
Direction NOT Dejection
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; – Genesis 1:26a
God is DNA has been wired into you. You have been made in the image of God you have been made with God as your source. As a result every element of your life, every promise that you could make, every desire that you have, every dream that ups imagine IS God’s.
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Ecclesiastes 3:11 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
God Set Eternity in the Heart of Man
11 He has made everything [a]appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, [b]yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.
Better Relationships
John Donne wrote a poem he entitled, “No Man is an Island.” It simply states the principle that man has a deep desire to live relationally. It is far deeper than just an animalistic instinct to find a mate or move with the pack. We gain deep emotional fulfillment from being relational. God is relational too. In fact, He describes His relational attributes before He created man.
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; – Genesis 1:26a (emphasis mine)
And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him. – Genesis 2:18
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We have an intelligence that far surpasses other living creatures. Where does this intelligence come from? God is intelligence.
In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. – John 1:1 (emphasis mine)
PROMISE TO ACTIVATION GAP
Gap breeds mistrust
Eden world where the promise and the activation was immediate
The longer we take to link the desire of the heart to the Word of God – the more begin to mistrust ourselves and God.
PLANS
Making Plans is not wrong – Made in Gods Image – He knows the plan.
Wait for the blessing but struggle to take the first step
OBEDIENCE
Obedience is the mechanism we have of activating the promise of God.
Our obedience to His ways exposes us to a cause and effect on a Divine scale. A single act of obedience sets off a chain reaction of supernatural interventions in multiple areas of our lives.
Obedience to the principles of God connects who we were designed to be to the One who created us.
Obedient not to the law, but to how you were made! In His Image
Obedience Makes Promises Happen!
2 Corinthians 10:5
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
2 John 1:6
And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love.