Tracing Our Physical and Spiritual Roots
Genealogy has become a very popular pastime for many people since the completion of the human genome project more than two decades ago. Most families are not able to trace their heritage further back than a few generations, but the pursuit is growing, thanks to such websites as Ancestry.com, Legacy Tree, and 23 and Me, among others.
Sheri’s cousin has taken a particular interest in this area, and he has helped me to trace my family’s roots back to my great grandmother, whom I never met. He was even able to locate a photo of her. Now, I am really curious about my ancestors — Who were they? Where did they come from? What did they do? What sort of life experiences did they have?
When it comes to our spiritual origin, we don’t have to look far. Thanks to the scribes, prophets and disciples, as well as other contributors to the Bible, we can draw a straight line from our existence to the God we serve — the creator of the universe — along with his Son, Jesus Christ, who became our Savior, and the Holy Spirit, who guides us in our daily journey.
In the Book of Genesis (1:26) we know that 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 birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
In other words, he created us with a plan and a purpose. We don’t need a website to trace our lineage to God. His Word and His wisdom are enough to make an everlasting covenant.