If you are a Christian or if you are not, you are made in the image of God. When I look at you, I was meant to see the divine in you, and you are meant to see the divine in me. In Genesis 1 God made us in his own image. Some people are so beautiful, so kind, so talented, so kin to us that it’s easy to believe that they are the image of God, but the least useful, handsome, likeable or loveable human bears the same image of God. Your enemies look like Him. The unborn look like Him. The elderly look like Him. People with different skin and beliefs look like Him. If you’re trying to follow Jesus, take a walk in a school or hospital or at work and whisper as you pass each person, “Image of God.”
I’ve found it impossible to treat everyone as the image of God. In my flesh, I’m a failure, but we are called to live a miraculous life. I need a righteousness implanted in me, and God, through Jesus Christ, took on the image of a man and lived among us. God made us in His image. Then He took our image to be an example for us and to come and dwell inside all His children. Christian, the love of Christ is in you. You can begin to see the image of God in everyone around you. When you see it more you will know how to act.
