May 11 Reflections
Human Dignity, Worth, and God’s Expectation for His people
How does humanity’s creation in God’s image affect the way we should view fellow human beings?
How does God’s justice demonstrate His purpose and design in all humans?
How do the OT laws reflect God’s desire for equity and restoration with His people and how they relate to others?
Consider: God created humankind in His image which means that all humans bear his image as relational beings who love, are loved, and interact with their world, no matter how flawed or sinful. As Christians, we must bear God’s image rightly in this world in the way we worship and serve as His creation. We are to mirror God’s heart for all people and mirror His care for the world in our actions. Therefore, we should represent truth, love, compassion, and justice in this fallen world. Christ followers should be the people who see the value and worth in all humans, not just those who look like us, speak like us, or think like us. When we forget that truth, the Church loses our most defining characteristics. We are supposed to live as “little versions of Christ” in a humanity that desperately needs to know its Creator.
