God Senses........

Think about the human beings five senses.  Think about how human beings were made in God's image and likeness.  According to Genesis 1:26 God said, "Let us make mankind in Our image, in Our likeness.  We were created in God's very own image and likeness!  Think about that.  No, really ponder that for a bit.  The creator of Heaven and Earth, said, all that i have made is good, but there is still something missing from creation.  There was life, plants, trees, animals, and bugs. But there was not the life of God manifesting in a being the way that it would in a human being.  One who was created in the very image of its designer.  One who would bear the likeness of the Creator on earth.  God's very likeness needed an expression in this new created world.  An expression of something or someone for that matter who would be able to taste, touch, see, hear, and smell the way that the Creator was able to.  One who could enjoy the smell of fresh baked bread baking over an oven, or one who could hear the sounds of the birds singing, the ocean waves roaring, and the wind rushing through the seasons of summer.  One who could climb a mountain and see the glory and beauty of a far off sunset, behold the stars at night, and look out over a green, oak laden valley in the fresh spring air.  One who could touch and caress the beauty of a woman's body, and at the same time taste the sweet flavors of a freshly picked apple, or a big red wild juicy strawberry.  We taste, we touch, we smell, we hear, and we see.  We engage in all five of these senses countless times throughout our day.  When we sit down with a good friend for lunch.  When we head off on that hike just before the dawning of the day.  When we take off surfing on a wave and the cool ocean waters hit our face.  When we sit down for a good movie with our family.  So if we enjoy these senses and love to taste, touch, see, hear, and smell and we were made in the very image and likeness of our Creator, then why would we think that the One who made us and fashioned us would not also have these very same senses as an integral part of His very Own nature, personality, and character?  Why do we still see our Creator with His senses dulled down, boring, mute, blind, and deaf.  The scriptures are constantly revealing a God who is just the opposite.  One who is engaged in our lives, hears our prayers, cries, and thoughts.  One who see the secrets of our hearts, the quite acts of our love & devotion, and the hidden deeds of our lives.  One who tastes the agony and pain of our brokenness with his very own tongue that was smashed by angry fists, and One who smells the aroma of our worship and obedience despite our limitation of gravity, trial, temptation, time and space.  He is a Creator who identifies with His very creation in that He became like us- even though we were made like Him.  So next time you are tasting, touching, seeing, hearing, and smelling do so knowing and with the awareness that you were made in the likeness and image of your Creator and that you are manifesting & expressing His very nature, personality, and character.  Do so knowing that He created you with these five senses not to misuse and abuse them, but to enhance, express, & enter in to His likeness and image here on Earth as it is in Heaven.