Genesis 1:26 God-Likeness Means Working Together

Genesis 1:26 “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.” 

    Here we see confirmed something that was only hinted at at the beginning of the chapter, that God is not a single individual working alone. He says “let us make man in our image, after our likeness.” God is one, yet God is also a plurality of personages. This fact also shows up in the likeness He creates: man is one, man is singular, yet referring to man God says “let them have dominion”. Man is also plural. You are made in the image and after the likeness of God, but you can never express that properly on your own. To be like God includes nothing of pride, and even less of selfishness. The image of God is no one-man show. To be like God means to work together, harmonize and cooperate, complement and augment, love and serve unselfishly.