God Established Man

Much of the frustration in life comes from trying to establish ourselves in ways that are contrary to why God made man.

In the Garden of Eden, God put mankind in His perfect place to establish them as rulers and tenders over creation forever. 

Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
29 And God said, “See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food.

God established man, not the other way around. God didn't ask man to establish himself...he put Adam in a special place, called a garden, so they would take root. He prepared the exact right circumstances for the success of mankind.

Genesis 2:15 Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it.
16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat;

This isn't just a story. We have to ask "why?". Why did God make the earth? Why did God make man? The answer is because it is in God's heart to love, to nurture, and to establish.

God is a Father.

God isn't 'like' a Father. He is literally a Father...a perfect one.

It is in His heart to establish you, to nurture you, and to love you. He literally imagined you, formed you, and brought you out into the world specifically TO establish you in a forever role as special to Him, necessary to creation, provided for and providing...satisfied and satisfying...forever.

This is the problem: an enemy of God...who was also created to be established by the Father, but rebelled against that reality... Tempted mankind to try to establish themselves. At Satan's prompting Adam and Eve turned from who God is...from the very reason He made man.
Satan has been destroying families from the start. This is because Satan said in His own heart that HE wanted to establish himself:
 
Isaiah 14:12 “How you are fallen from heaven,
O Lucifer, son of the morning!
How you are cut down to the ground,
You who weakened the nations!
13 For you have said in your heart:
‘I will ascend into heaven,
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
I will also sit on the mount of the congregation
On the farthest sides of the north;
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
I will be like the Most High.’
15 Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol,
To the lowest depths of the Pit.

This is the core of rebellion and the nature of Satan's way of deceiving the nations: get people that God is trying to establish to try to establish themselves.

This is the question God would ask of all of us: are you willing to rest as I establish you, or do you not trust in who I am and you weary yourself by reaching and reaching for people to know you, accept you, love you, nurture you, position you, and establish you... Often in My name?
God doesn't want children born of blood, of the will of the flesh, or of the will of man. He wants children born of.... Established by... Himself.

John 1:12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:
13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

This is what Jesus paid for. This is what Jesus did. If you want to be with Him, this is what you must do:

Psalm 110:1 A Psalm of David.
The LORD said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.”
2 The LORD shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion.
Rule in the midst of Your enemies!

You can try hard to establish yourself....speak with the tongues of angels, give your body to burned, give away all your possessions...but without love you will be rejected as one who let God establish them as He has always wanted to. Many of us deny God the desire of His heart ... To be our Father... because we mistakenly think He is ok with us establishing ourselves to 'help' Him. He isn't any more ok with that than I would be if my 5-year old kid left home to try and make a name for himself. We are children. He IS a Father!

Matthew 7:21 
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
22 “Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’
23 “And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

You see, you and I are like a seed. All the DNA of who you are to be forever is already in you. Just like everything a 100' tall tree will be is found in a tiny seed when it begins to grow.
God just simply wants you to wait on Him in the soil of the earth, let His light shine on you, and the water of His Spirit soak you so that you can become all He saw on the day He imagined you:

Matthew 17:19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?”
20 So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.

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