Archive for October 29th, 2009
Masterpiece!
Masterpiece! No, not the bbq sauce, but you!
I’m sorry, but I’m tired of all the “worthless worm” talk and songs that tell us we are depraved and worthless. Yes, without Jesus, we can’t come to God and have no righteousness of our own. But even unsaved, we are still made in the image of God (James 3:9) and were created with purpose and known by God in our mother’s womb (Psalm 139:13-16). How can we call that junk? How can we call be for “the sanctity of life” and not recognize the inestimable value we have in the eyes of our Creator?
Yes, we battle the fleshly side of our natures, but by the Spirit of the living God, we are being transformed to be more like Jesus every day (2 Corinthians 3:18) as we keep our gaze, our hearts, on Jesus. That Holy Spirit empowers and transforms us and helps us be who we were conceived by God to be, in Christ! We are God’s holy temple, the place where He dwells and we were made to glorify Him in that temple (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).
And as God’s children, we are far more than forgiven: we are forgiven and cleansed (Colossians 1:21-23; 1 John 1:5-2:2). We are recreated in Christ as God’s workmanship, God’s artistry, our Father’s unique creation made to do great things. You see, grace doesn’t just save us from something awful, but it also saves as someone special and it saves us for God’s holy purpose in our broken world (Ephesians 2:1-10). Yeah, we may not be there yet, it may take some more transforming, it may take some chiseling, but God has plans for us because we are His … and we are His workmanship, His artistry. So don’t believe you’re junk. You’re His Masterpiece … so please, let Him finish His work before you give up on who you are in His eyes!