Day 2 – Triune Being
You are made in His image!
Genesis 1:26 says “so God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them”.
There’s so much we could talk about with respect to being made in His image but I just want to focus on one aspect for today.
Throughout the Bible God has revealed to us that He is a triune God. Father-God is fully God, one person. Jesus the Son, is fully God and one person. And Holy Spirit is fully God and one person.
One God, Three Persons.
We call this the Trinity (3 in 1).
Now, if He is a triune God and we are made in His image, then it makes sense that we would be triune in our nature (at least to some degree).
We are body, soul and spirit.
1 Thessalonians 5:23 says “may your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ”.
For us to be fully alive, it means for our spirit, our soul and our body to be fully alive.
We ‘feel better’ (soul) when we exercise (body). We have clarity (soul and spirit) when we fast (body). It’s hard to be thankful (spirit) when we have heartburn at 2am (body). Depression (soul) can lead to bad eating habits (body), and anxiety can make you feel sick. In fact the word disease is a combination of two words, dis and ease. Many diseases have been linked to dis-ease in our soul. And our soul can have dis-ease when relationship is broken with God …. and we could go on.
The point is, we are body, soul and spirit and each part of us has an impact on the others.
The good news is that whenever we make a positive change in one area of our life, it has flow on effects.
Ask the Lord about just one change you could make and implement today.