CHAPTER THREE

I was going to make a change to the blog today, but having woken up to the headlines that we could be facing a full lock-down, it will have to wait! So, on to week three of our on line BRAVE mornings.

Saturday 4th April 2020

Psalm 91:5-6

I will not fear.. Make sure that you can confidently say this because of where you are dwelling. You can’t say, ‘I have no fear’ if you’re not abiding where you should be.

In Genesis 1:26-28

It says,

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

I learned an incredible thing regarding these verses from Myles Munroe. You would think that ‘created’ and ‘made’ mean the same thing, but they don’t! When you look at the Hebrew meaning – which I love to do – they mean different things.

The word, ‘created’ is the Hebrew word ‘bara’ which means to create from nothing.

Adam was created from the dust, it was from nothing that brought Adam’s flesh into the earth.

‘Make/Made’ is the Hebrew word, ‘Asa’ which means to form something that is already there!

So, get this!

The flesh of man was created from nothing, but he was ‘MADE’ in the image of God! God has always existed and his character, his power, his essence is what we were made from! How amazing is that? He made us to be like Him. We are an integration of parts that were created from nothing and made from things that already exist. How marvellous is God’s creation. We were made from the essence of God Almighty.

What should this mean for our every day life? I challenge myself and you with this question: Do we live from the essence of God every day? Or does the part of us that was created, rule the roost? Do we understand what it means to live from the essence of God part of us?

Some serious questions here, yet, if we can truly learn how to live from the essence of God part, we have the potential to change any part of our lives that we are not satisfied with, e.g family, marriage, job, finance, health etc…. If Jesus said he came to give us life to the full (John 10:10) then it behoves us to learn how to do that so that we become ‘life magnets’ to everyone we meet.

Wherever you go and whoever you meet, be a life-giver! Overflow with hope and with joy.

After thought – 31st October 2020

I think the timing of this word is great for us today! In light of the potential news that may be coming. Woman of God, rise above, realise who you are made from and live and walk from there. Nothing can stop us if we live from the essence of God. ‘The same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead is living inside us, giving life to our mortal flesh!’ Romans 8:11

Don’t be defeated. Don’t let it get on top of you, get on top of it!

See you next week! D x