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!
I praise and thank God for leading me here this morning. We are so surrounded by instant media filled with blatant and subtle messages from Satan to steal God’s Truth from our lives; to tear us down; burden us with false guilt and lies all of which impedes the flow of the Living Water through our lives.
My family is in such a devastating spiritual battle right now. He is separating the darkness from us and chiseling away Satan’s strongholds. There are no words I am able to express that describes the pain and yet the joy of knowing God knows all, absolutely nothing is hidden from him. He has a perfect plan unfolding in His time. Yet in my weakness I have fears of stumbling as I have so many times and tarnishing my witness of His life in mine. Yet I know, I see, God at work holding this family close, bringing us through each battle, leading us, protecting us. But there are so many deep seated wounds to heal I become discouraged at times. Thank you for the reminder, we each are created in His image and called unto Him.
The world so desperately needs God’s light shining brightly his love, righteousness, holiness in and through His people in every good work he has called us to do. Too often we make friends with the world and forget we are, ["T]o be in the world and not of the world.” Our compromises denies the world from learning about from Whom we have our hope, Christ Jesus, the Way, the Truth and the Light.
Thank you for your service to our Father and the use of His gifts and talents to reach out into the darkness and sow His seeds of Truth. May God’s blessing be on you.
Janet Overby
30 Oct 09 at 7:11 am