Made to rule the earthGenesis 1:26-31Length: Standard

1 Eat

Read the passage slowly, read it again, then retell it in your own words. If you can't retell it, read it once more.

• Read
• Reread
• Retell

2 Digest

Answer from what the passage actually says — stay in the text.

1. What does this passage show me about God?

   • What does God give the man and the woman, and what does he give for food — to people and to the animals?

2. What does it show me about people — and about myself, my work and my land?

   • If ruling the earth is part of being made in God's image, what kind of ruler does that make you on your own land?

3. What will I obey this week, at home and on my land? (a concrete step, with a day)

   • What will you do this week on your land or with your animals that rules them the way God would — and on what day?

4. Who will I tell?

   • Who works the land beside you — a spouse, a son, a neighbour — that you will talk this through with?

3 Grow

Growth is God's part, not yours. Do the cycle faithfully and trust Him to give the growth (1 Corinthians 3:6–7).