PRAYING TO LIVE AS GOD'S MASTERPIECE

So yesterday we reflected on one of my favourite “go to” verses and I thought there’s one other that we should look at today as the new year rolls out.  These are words that have given me life and hope over and over again through many years.   

For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.  Ephesians 2:10

Every day that we wake up God has good things planned for us to do.  For years I had no self-worth and struggled to find a reason to get going in the morning.  I remember waking up so many times so upset that I was waking up and hadn’t died in the night.  I spent so many years of my life in such negative places. 

This verse speaks to us of God’s hand on our lives and His preparations for this day.  That’s very personal.  There’s so much care and thought and creativity that God has put into our lives.  To create a masterpiece takes time and effort and thought and skill.  God has all of that and has used it in the life He has prepared for us. 

Wherever you are in your journey of experiencing the wonderful life God created You to live, I encourage you to open your heart to more because God has more and He’s willing to share it with us today.

Heavenly Father, you are such a good father.  We often don’t know that for some time because so many other things twist and cloud truth in our hearts.  Thank you today for being God, our creator.  Thank you for the very personal way You gave thought, creativity, and love to bringing each one of us into being.  Thank you for preparing in advance all that we would need so we could be meaningfully involved in good things today that bless others and give us deep satisfaction. 

Help us to let go of every other negative thought that says things are too hard or there’s no reason behind everything that’s going on.  Come and fill our hearts with Your comfort and hope today, we pray.  We’ve been hurt by various things that have been said to us or happened to us that broke our hearts along the way. 

Come and fill us with Your healing today.  Take our hurts away and fill us with peace and hope.  You said we’d have trouble in this world but that You had overcome the world and with You living in us that means that we can overcome every difficult thing in our lives, in Your power.

When what we think is different from what You say, God, we know that You are right and we are wrong and so we want to discard every wrong thought we’ve been having about ourselves and our journey of life.  Help us to let go of the grudges and bitter things, the fears and insecurities that have come as a result of the unfair things that have happened to us.  Who you say we are is all that matters and that gives us a foundation for positive living.

As we move into 2022 we want to trust You for our best days with You, living as Your masterpiece, created in Christ Jesus to do good work that you prepared in advance for us to do. Amen