Genesis 1:27 ESV
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
I can just hear you wondering how there can be three you, yeah, there are!
Being made in the image of God describes the ways humanity was created, it describes how we resemble God in every way that counts and should matter.
The three me or you is.
The you that everyone sees and thinks they know. Secondly, the you that you know and the you that God made and knows. Which of you is real?
The three aspects of man according to the scriptures are the spirit, the soul, and the body found in 1 Thessalonians 5:23 which says, “Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
The body is the lowest part of man, the physical man, the fleshly or natural man and the aspect of man that everybody sees and thinks they know: “think” because people don’t know people as well as they believe.
But do you know you? Do you know what God thinks about you?
So many still do not accept what Psalm 139:14 declares about us that we are fearfully and wonderfully made, that’s something our souls should know very well.
We were created with the ability to think, communicate, understand right and wrong, be creative, and experience relationships with God and with one another.
But society will have us believe otherwise, that we are not good enough for some things, can’t go to certain places or do other things even though God says in Psalm 8:6 that He’s given us dominion over all things
The Hebrew word for man Adam, is the generic term for both male and female, though sometimes it refers to a man in distinction from a woman and allows men and women to represent God wherever they are.
God blessed and graced everyone differently, there are things, gifts, talents, and skills unique to just alone and no other person no matter how much they try can emulate as Psalm 139:13, everything there is about you was intentionally done by the Lord.
You know yourself very well (except of course you’re not truthful with yourself) and what others know about you is whatever they see, perceive, assume, and are told.
Occasionally, you’ll contend with the three “yous” you will believe the report of you that other people give which may cause you to operate from below the potential of God for you.
You’ll contend with the “you” that you know but still doubt the word of God concerning you, which will make you walk less of who you are.
And you will struggle with the you that God has called you to be because circumstances and situations will arise to challenge the validity of God’s word and the authenticity of His promises, but you must trust the “you” of God’s version to triumph over the others as that the most important you of all and the one that is led by God as stated in Romans 8:14.
It doesn’t matter what you or others think about you, or how they see you, what matter is what God thinks and how He sees you. The three “you” are important but the “you” that God know is the real you, so, let that you dominate for victory.
Shalom
