Genesis 1: ESV
“Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth”

When God reaches His crowning creative act—the formation of human life— His wording changes from the impersonal “let there be” to the deliberate and intimate expression, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.”

God’s plan for humans included giving them responsibilities on the earth: We are fashioned to resemble and represent God on the earth. Our likeness with God is not a physical resemblance. Instead, God’s likeness is our capacity to rule over creation and be in relationship with God and other humans and to exercise reason, intelligence, speech, moral consciousness. Since the beginning of time, God has desired to bless us and enjoy close fellowship with us, and for this reason God made us in His image.

Prayer:
Father, help me to live up to Your expectations for mankind, help me to live up to Your expectations for me.