Genesis 1:26-28 – “Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” NKJV

I love discussing the Bible and creation with people who believe that all this just happened and man crawled out of the ocean as a one-celled amoeba or organism and gradually over millions of years evolved into the thinking being we know and are. I know I am being generous with the thinking statement but, for the most part, man is a thinking creature.  Man has mind, will and emotions making him unique among all the living creatures on the planet.  I have long taught that, in a sense, man is a creator.  That reality should provide a natural basis upon which our belief in creation.  The aforementioned passages for our text affords us opportunity to realize our creativeness and its source.

Man has IMAGINATION and imagination is the mother of invention.  If one can imagine or dream something it can usually become reality.  In that sense we are creators.  Oh, I completely understand that God provides the intellect, ability, talent and inspires our imagination and is the true creator but as a being created in His image and likeness we could be called creators.  Consider the inventions and advancements in science and technology over the past ten years alone and then turn back the clock fifty years and see just how far and fast we have traveled the road of invention.  Today we can get on an airplane and in hours be almost anywhere in the world.  We can take the cellular device we carry with us, a pocket computer, and dial a number instantly connecting with someone on the other side of the world and have a crystal clear conversation.  That is nothing short of amazing.  We can go to the doctor and have images of our bodies with such detail they can detect even the smallest abnormality and with laser guided precision operate with minimally invasive procedures.  Just twenty years ago that would have been considered other worldly or something from a comic book fantasy.  Because of the creativity of man created in the image of God we can produce amazing things.

Yet, no matter how creative we are, we cannot create eternal life that is God’s realm and God’s alone.  We can receive it but we cannot reproduce it.  We can pass on genes to our offspring and in so doing they have genetic propensities that with proper guidance will give them abilities inherited.  Yet we cannot pass on in our genetics eternal salvation for that is a personal experience that each person must experience personally through the Lord Jesus Christ.

I realize that some, in religious circles, have pressed imagination out of bounds but God never wants to stifle our imagination and wants us to dream the dreams He inspires in our hearts.  Dreams motivate us to continually climb higher and reach for that next rung on the ladder of life.  I’ve been called a dreamer because the vision of my heart (that has yet to become a reality) is so vast that other dreamers have scoffed at its vastness but yet I dream and continue to believe that I will see the fulfillment of the dream.  However, if I do not realize it in this life I will continue looking for the city and believe that the seeds I sow will germinate and produce the reality of the vision.  If God birthed it in my heart and caused me to imagine it’s reality He will provide the people, power, provisions and opportunities for it to be real.

How could anyone view man’s creative abilities and still believe that he just happened?  God bless you and may you have a fantastic day!