Delegation
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.” So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. – Genesis 1:26-27
We are back to exploring the personality and attributes of God, and His trait which we will be considering today is delegation. God delegates and does not take everything on Himself. From our reference passage today, we can see the reason God decided to create humans. He created us, not just for the vanity of making a creature like Himself, but for a specific purpose: to rule over His other earthly creatures.
This throws a light on another unique nature of God. He is not just methodical in His ways; He is also very structured. Having made the heavens and the earth plus everything in them, He needed an authority figure to entrust His works and who would perform oversight functions over them.
Why is this so? Because God does not live on earth, therefore He needed an earthling to oversee the affairs of the earth. That was the reason He created humans for that very purpose. After creating humans, He delegated His authority to them saying:
“…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.” (Genesis 1:28)
Apart from underlying the fact that God delegates, this passage also offers us an insight into His structured mindset. He is hierarchical and is a stickler for protocol. That was what made Him create man to oversee His earthly estate and why He delegated authority to him so that man could fulfill his role effectively.
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