we are made in the image of God

hi all, looks like i am keeping up so far with this blogging thing...we shall see how long i will last...hehehe. anyways...talking about image...my title for today as u can see is nothing new but it just hit my mind yesterday to tok about it today.

u see, last week i met some frens of my wife and they all seem to be so slim and fit, then i look at myself and realise that i am kinda way off my ideal weight (15kgs off what i wanna be like) so i found out thru conversing with them that they seem to be using a detoxifying product that seems to work 99% of the time (to detoxify and lose weight) and my heart was itching to try this stuff out. while pondering on this product, i can't help but tok to God about this, and immediately i am reminded that we are made in HIS image (this is what everyone says), so supposedly i am actually perfect in HIS eyes and i shouldnt be complaining, it means that i shouldn't be like people of the world and be involved with such invain stuff (worrying about my weight and not the things of God). but somehow, i just wanted to dig deeper into this topic coz i feel like it is not just the English being used...there should be a deeper meaning (we are made in God's image) than what the words say.

and guess what, i kinda of found out that it really means more than the words said. u see....thru all these years since christianity was founded, it has not been mentioned how God looks like (we only roughly know how Jesus looks like from arts of the past. : i personally wonder how accurate it is since it is like 2000 yrs ago), the Bible talks a lot about God's emotions, actions, presence, holiness, etc etc but does not mention his appearance. even though he appeared to a couple of characters in the Bible, but it mentions that it is either in thick clouds or awesome glory that u can't see anything. so the question is, how does God look like ? is he handsome ? (of course HE is...just look at me and you'll know, HE made me man)...i guess we will find out when we go back home (HEAVEN)

so wat does made in HIS image really means, just look at the life of Jesus and you would roughly know...Jesus was humble, tender, loving, caring, merciful, powerful, faithful, u name it He's got it. all these actually refers to something inside, not outside...NT has no mention on how handsome or ugly He is, but all the qualities mentioned comes from within. ah ha...now u get the picture, right ? so when God made us in HIS image..it was more than looks, it is something from deep inside that HE worked with, HE wasn't too concerned with looks and HE actually let nature do its job on our facial and body appearance..afterall HE made nature and HE is just putting it to work. (u know lah...all those scientific stuff about genes, heredity, chromosomes etc etc)

my next finding, in the NT when Jesus went back to Heaven, He left behind something very important to us, the Holy Spirit. and so the HS actually dwells in us and we are the temple of the HS, that's why we always have to confess our sins and make sure we are pure and holy coz the HS is pure and holy and IT dislikes dwelling in filthy temples (which is us lah). so wat does all this got to do with my detoxifing thing, well...i hope by now most of you would realise that it definitely has a link.

i remember since young days when we were brought up, we always dress nice and tidy when we were going some place and this included going to church. this is becoz we wanted to look PLEASING to God and it is actually an honour to walk into church coz church was God's dwelling place. now..if my body is full of toxic, unneccessary fat, unhealthy bacterias and so on, imagine you being the Holy Spirit, would you wanna live in me ? i think i would be the first to go. therefore, just like the trinity of God the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy Spirit, it actually applies the same to us...our body works that way too.

our body trinity:

people will say body, mind and soul..but wat about the HS ?
so i would say image of God in us is also a trinity kind of thing...
1.God made us in HIS image giving us beautiful inner qualities like Jesus.
2.Our body needs to be pure and holy for the HS to dwell in which come power.
3.Jesus imparted wisdom and teaching to us making us more like HIM.

and now let me conclude, becoz we have 1, we would be convicted to serve our best to God and give HIM all we have (which includes dressing up nice for HIM to see, being PUNCTUAL, worshipping HIM, etc etc) becoz we have 2, we will keep our temple (body) pure and holy, (externally and internally) externally - making sure we are strong and healthy (overweight and toxic has to go) internally - making sure we live a life that is honouring to God and blameless as we can be (though we are never perfect : why do you think we need to confess sins all the time?), coz when the HS is happy in us, i can assure you there will be a lot of power and authority that comes with it. becoz we have 3, we now have wisdom and knowledge and can go to all corners of the earth boldly teaching, preaching and sharing to those who have not heard of Christ.

so after all these findings, i have decided to do all 3 to the best i can, dun wish me luck but pray that i will succeed, hopefully you find this helpful. i guess i got to go now for my badminton session (part of keep me fit, hehe) have a nice day and God Bless