BABY ADAM
Genesis 1:26-31
God
created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; make and
female he created them.
After several days of creation God decided to create us,
mankind. It took him five days to prepare the stage for his pinnacle of
creation. In place for our arrival was the created universe. The stars and moon
provide light for our days. The waters and dry land offered opportunities for
living creatures to feed. Plants sprung up to shelter and shade the living
creatures. Day and night were established for the created order to live and to
rest according to their appointed times.
When you think of the preparation we undertake for a new
born child’s arrival, our efforts look quite similar to God’s preparation for
us. We buy the cute clothes and shoes for baby. A room is picked out in the
house for the new born to occupy. Furnishings are ordered and set in place. The
color of the walls, carpet, sheets and blankets are all arranged. Everything
arrives and is set out for optimal viewing by baby. The colors, smells and
sounds will stimulate baby’s growth and development. What a wonderful and
exciting time of preparation and anticipation. When baby arrives we cherish the
time for his arrival and watch as he sleeps in his new home.
Love is the common factor between God’s preparation and
our own preparation for baby. Love is revealed in the consummation of a new
living being. Adam is made in God’s image as baby enters the world with
characteristics of his parents. All the world and all of baby’s room was set in
place for the individual’s best interests and welfare. Everything leading up to
the arrival was very good and well planned.
Over and around us is the created order, established and ruled
by God’s creative and sustaining hand. We were made good and pleasing to God. Nothing
about our appearance or abilities is not pleasing to God. What a loving God we
have when we consider the newborn child. God is love!
Jericho Road Ministries Chapel, by Rev. Bruce W.
Gimbel, 2009.