In the beginning when God created all things he seemed to pause occasionally after sequences of creation and stand off and look it all over and then say, "That is good." Yes, it certainly was. But then God gave it to man. That was and is his nature ... to give. "For God so loved the world that he gave ... his only begotten Son ..." (John 3:16). And Paul says, "Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift" (2 Corinthians 9:15).

God is a giver of gifts. Any man who has gotten to know God is very aware of this truth. We could even go so far as to say that God is more eager to give than we are to receive.

Then when we struggle with the image of God concept something dawns on us. If it is God’s nature to give and if we were created in his image ... then man is going to be more god-like, fulfilled …