God’s masterpiece

 God’s Masterpiece

 

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

 

All glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.

EPHESIANS 3.20

 

I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.

PHILIPPIANS 1.6

 

Do you sometimes struggle with the way God has made you —the shape or size of your body, the personality you have, the abilities you were given? It’s easy to allow the way we look to define who we are, but Paul says we are God’s masterpiece. What does he mean?

Antonio Stradivari made more than one thousand violins, harps, guitars, violas, and cellos during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Each Stradivarius is a treasured masterpiece — no other instrument can compare to its sound. It is not made to sit on a shelf to be admired for its beauty but to be played — to be put into the hands of a master musician to create beautiful music.

You are a masterpiece, not like the Mona Lisa, which hangs in a museum behind thick glass. You are like a Stradivarius violin, whose true beauty and value are seen and experienced in its usefulness — especially when it is used by a master.

Being used by the Master, Jesus, in this hurting world is an exciting experience! The reason it feels so good to offer food to someone who’s hungry, a coat to someone who’s cold, friendship to someone who’s lonely, a home to a child who’s alone is because this is what we were made for. This is the joy of the Master making our lives into a masterpiece he can use.