His plans for us are so much bigger than our fallible human wisdom. That we'll hear Him wrong and turn left when we should go right or right when He is leading left. We don’t have to have everything figured out, nor should we fear that we’ll somehow miss God’s plan. ![]() This means, our Creator, the one molding, training, and equipping us, knows precisely where He’s taking us, how He is and will lead us to get to where we need to go when we need to get there, and all that needs to happen in our hearts along the way so that we can be fully prepared for what He has prepared for us. You are where you are and who you are for God’s glory, and you are being created anew for His purposes. “You have been placed in your sphere of influence, regardless of the size you perceive it to be, ‘for such a time as this.’ … You see, even your current location is part of the setup for your kingdom destiny.” We have a holy, beautiful, eternally important assignment, one that God prepared before we took our first breath.Ĭonsider what Beth Moore said in her Bible study on Esther. ![]() This is true regardless of how we feel or where we are or what we feel we’re up against. We’re called for greatness and eternal impact. To join Him in His freedom-giving, life-giving mission. You and I, Scripture says, are God’s masterpiece, created in Christ Jesus, our Savior, why? To do good works. I’m going to re-create you into something beautiful. Keller goes on to say, “You see, when Jesus gave Himself on the cross, He didn’t say, ‘I’m going to die just so you know I love you.’ He said, ‘I’m going to die, I’m going to bleed, for your splendor. You are an expression of the inner being of the maker, the artist. ![]() Speaking on this verse, apologist Tim Keller asks, “What is art? Art is beautiful, art is valuable, and art is an expression of the inner being of the maker, the artist.”Īrt is an expression of the inner being of the maker, the artist. You are God’s chosen, loved, and hand-crafted work of art that is, at this moment, being formed and transformed into something, someone, eternally beautiful. You are as well.ĭo you hear that? Do you feel that? You’re not rejected or discarded or insufficient. Scripture says, in Christ, I’m God’s handiwork, or as the New Living Translation puts it, His masterpiece. When life feels hard or uncertain, when things don’t appear to go as I’d hoped-whether in my life or in the lives of those I love, I like to remind myself of the truth promised in Ephesians 2:10, which says, “For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
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