A Precious Work Of Art
Thursday October 19, 2017
Rembrandt and Michelangelo are just two names of famous artists whose paintings are practically priceless. They produced precious works of art through their ability to see and create something beautiful that others might enjoy.
God has done the same with you and me. With His loving creativity and His masterful ability, God has carefully created you and me with our unique personalities and placed us in this time and place for us to enjoy relationship with Him, enjoy life around us, and bring enjoyment to others.
You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. (Psalm 139:13-16 NLT)
Life has made us something different from the original reflection of God that we were meant to be. Like precious paintings need to be restored from time to time, so we need to be cleaned up and restored to God’s original vision for us. In His wisdom, God planned and provided for that. He sent Jesus to die on the cross for our sins and through our acceptance of His death and resurrection we are washed clean and born again to new life. In Jesus, we are restored to God’s original plan for us. We are God’s masterpiece.
So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. 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. (Genesis 1:27, Ephesians 2:10 NLT)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, Help me to see myself as You see me, a beautiful and precious masterpiece, reflecting the image of a wonderful God. Amen
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