“As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say to me, Where is your God?" (Psalms 42:1-3).
Not only does the deer pant for the water brooks for the essential need of thirst, the water brooks provides the deer with its only view of itself. It is there, via the reflection afforded by the water, that the deer see’s its own image. Without this grace of nature a doe would never know whether or not she was ready to meet Mr. Buck Masters.
“Then God said," Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness . . .” (Genesis 1:26). Image means, “a shade, a reflection, a representation.” Just as a shadow is silhouette of a tree—its shade—man is made in the image of God. When Adam fell, he along with all of mankind lost this image.
And no longer had a clue as to who he was.
And so began this maddening pursuit of “Looking for love in all the wrong places, Looking for love in all the wrong faces.” This pursuit of fulfillment rarely extends past the theater of mans mind—where images broadcast 24/7—and when obtainment is secured, it is always only so much sand sifting through our fingers.
It is never enough.
And so begat the amazing pursuit of God. He sent his only begotten {unique, one of a kind} Son who was not only the image of God: He was God. This last Adam bought back and restored man to the image of God: And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him” (Colossians 3:10). This grace can be clearly seen within the reflection one sees when gazing into the living waters of the Word of God. It is here, and here alone, man can clearly see who he is in Christ and be fulfilled . . . yet ever thirsting for more.
Not only does the deer pant for the water brooks for the essential need of thirst, the water brooks provides the deer with its only view of itself. It is there, via the reflection afforded by the water, that the deer see’s its own image. Without this grace of nature a doe would never know whether or not she was ready to meet Mr. Buck Masters.
“Then God said," Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness . . .” (Genesis 1:26). Image means, “a shade, a reflection, a representation.” Just as a shadow is silhouette of a tree—its shade—man is made in the image of God. When Adam fell, he along with all of mankind lost this image.
And no longer had a clue as to who he was.
And so began this maddening pursuit of “Looking for love in all the wrong places, Looking for love in all the wrong faces.” This pursuit of fulfillment rarely extends past the theater of mans mind—where images broadcast 24/7—and when obtainment is secured, it is always only so much sand sifting through our fingers.
It is never enough.
And so begat the amazing pursuit of God. He sent his only begotten {unique, one of a kind} Son who was not only the image of God: He was God. This last Adam bought back and restored man to the image of God: And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him” (Colossians 3:10). This grace can be clearly seen within the reflection one sees when gazing into the living waters of the Word of God. It is here, and here alone, man can clearly see who he is in Christ and be fulfilled . . . yet ever thirsting for more.
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