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GOD’S DIRTY HANDS
“¶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:…” Genesis 1:26 (KJV)
In this day and age, things have become very different from the days of our parents and grandparents. They often refer to their days as “the good old days”. Imagine how good those days were when they had no televisions, good drinking water or electricity. There were not many roads as there are now and one had to go certain places to make phone calls which depended on whether the information would reach the right person on time. EMS, DHL, Western Union money transfer and other services that make life easier were non existence. Technology has been far advanced that many things are done more quickly. Robots and automated machines have become the order of the day doing the work men would have done some years ago.
God in creating the world called everything in to existence. Everything He created was without His hands. He spoke all things into being yet in creating man, God had to make His hands dirty. In Genesis 1:26, God the Father had to confer with the Son and the Holy Spirit. He said “let us”. In all of creation, God did not have to confer; He just had to speak them into being. All that He created was good at the end of each day but the Bible records that on the sixth day, God saw that His creation on the sixth day was “very good”. This means of all God’s creation, YOU are very good!
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“And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul”. Genesis 2:7(KJV)
God made His hands dirty, and excelled in doing so that His work for that day was described as very good. He did not use levers, machines or robots to do this work. That work He did is YOU. Don’t look over your shoulder; it’s you I’m talking about. God, in creating the first man that would eventually lead Him into making several million copies made a very special dedication to use His hands, make them dirty and not to command it into existence. You are special to God, created in His image and likeness – the reason why He had to confer, use His hands, give you special abilities and not use machines or robots!
Of all God’s creations, Man is the only creature in whom God breathed the breath of life into. He could have given His breath to the birds, fishes, lions or hippos but He chose to give it out to you. Wow! What a wonder! In giving you His breath, God has put His Spirit into you has given you the ability to commune with Him. Man is also the only creature with an intellect – the ability to think, reason, and understand. Now, that specialty!
Just like during creation, God is ready now, more than ever before to avail His services to you and make His hands even dirtier.
Jesus, the Son of God is another way God dirtied not only hands but also provided a means by which man could get closer to Him and regain his lost position which he lost to the devil in the garden of Eden. No wonder Jesus is described as the second Adam.
Jesus could have come to save cows, goats, lions or sheep but He chose to save MAN – you and me. This shows how important YOU are to God, who only did not create MAN with His hands from the dust of the earth, but also gave Man the breath of life with which he became a living soul. GREAT, isn’t it?
No matter what situation you are in, it does not matter what you have done or been through; God has been interested in you and is STILL interested in you because you posses divine breath. That breath with which you became a living soul belongs to God. The uniqueness that you posses; the one which makes you so special, which makes you look different and think differently is for God. In fact, the material which you admire so much – your BODY belongs to God. Interestingly, that’s what made God make His hands dirty. He had to scoop some of the dust, mix it in the right proportions, mould your body- the shape of your nose, ears, lips and head to make sure you looked perfect. Amazingly, He threw the mould away just after creating you. That’s what makes you so special to the extent that there is no one on the surface of the earth with the same fingerprint, physical, psychological and emotional framework like you. You are a special piece of work; created, moulded, shaped, designed and crafted and your mould used for no one else.
Remember, God loves you and would always make His hands dirty for you!
