On The Revolutionary Reincarnation of God

God has no hands but our hands,

in which to feed them bread.

God has no feet but our feet,

to walk among the almost dead.

We say we are His and He is ours;

Deeds are the proof of this, not words;

And these are the proving hours.

- Author Uncertain

Have you ever wondered how God can offer personal attention to every one of the billions of human beings on earth, along with all of the other of earth's creatures? We are told that no sparrow falls without God's notice.

What if God's plan from the beginning was that each of us citizens of God's kingdom, blessed with two hands, two feet and a caring heart, would be a primary means by which God's care and compassion were to be shown? And what if we were to pray constantly as though everything depended on God, but live daily as though everything depended on us as bearers of God's image?

Note the following texts:

     God created humanity in God’s own image,

        in the divine image God created them,

        male and female God created them.

     God blessed them and said to them, “Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and master it. Take charge of the fish of the sea, the birds in the sky, and everything crawling on the ground.”

Genesis 1:27-28 (Common English Bible)

When I look up at your skies,

    at what your fingers made—

    the moon and the stars

    that you set firmly in place—

         what are human beings

            that you think about them;

        what are human beings

            that you pay attention to them?

You’ve made them only slightly less than divine,

    crowning them with glory and grandeur.

You’ve let them rule over your handiwork,

    putting everything under their feet—

         all sheep and all cattle,

        the wild animals too,

         the birds in the sky,

        the fish of the ocean,

        everything that travels the pathways of the sea.

Psalm 8:3-8 (CEB)

     Dear brothers and sisters, honor those who are your leaders in the Lord’s work. They work hard among you and give you spiritual guidance. Show them great respect and wholehearted love because of their work. And live peacefully with each other.

     Brothers and sisters, we urge you to warn those who are lazy. Encourage those who are timid. Take tender care of those who are weak. Be patient with everyone.

I Thessalonians 5:12-14 New Living translation)

     Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ.

Ephesians 4:11-13 (NLT)

     Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

Matthew 28:18-20 (CEB)