The image of God in man

“...the essence of the image of God in man is that we rejoice in God’s presence, love Him above all else, and live for God’s glory, not our own.  As we learn by grace to love God and love our neighbor, we express the glory-image of God.  The center of gravity in the universe is God and His glory-holiness - not our longings.  And the most basic question of human existence becomes ‘How can I bring glory to God?,” not ‘How will I meet my longings?’  The differences yield very different tugs on our hearts: one constantly pulls us outward to God as servants of His will; the other pulls God inward as servant of our longings.”

-- Ed Welch

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