God’s Created Sculptures

As He was walking by the Sea of Galilee He saw two brothers, Simon (called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishermen). He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will turn you into fishers of people.” They left their nets immediately and followed Him.  Matthew 4:18-20 NET

When we follow Jesus, He will give us each different tasks, ministries, jobs, lives, and He makes us all fishers of men and it does not depend on what we can do, or our background or any of our surrounding circumstances. It is based on His promises. {tweetme}Follow Jesus and fully believe in His promises. That is purpose. {/tweetme}

We are not defined by our past, our failures, what someone else said we are worth, what we think we are worth, our accomplishments, what we own, the way we look or by any other value this world or its people have or have not placed on us.  We don’t have the world given disqualifications against us.  God does not look at His children and see an overdue expiration date. take another step forward, focus your gaze on Jesus Christ, He has a message for us. It has nothing to do with qualifications. It has to do with coming to the end of ourselves, because that’s when God can use us in the very best way. By His grace, and by nothing we can offer, He chooses us.  Our value is forever engraved in the stone that is the Heavenly Father’s love and He declares, “I am yours and you are mine.” And, He affirms in Jeremiah 30:22 “you will be my people, and I will be your God.” 

Not only are we chosen by God, we are purchased at a great cost. Our worth has been sealed forever in His love and mercy. Our lives are defined today by His grace alone.  His purpose for each of our lives will prevail if He wills it to be so. God does not love based on performance, potential, religious effort, promises, family name or best intentions. And in spite of our wounds, our stain and our regrets He still chooses us as vessels of light carried out to a darkening world.  for His kingdom! God chose you because He saw His own image in you, the divine stamp woven into the fabric of your being when He uniquely knitted your frame together in secret. Amazing grace! And He decided my brothers and sisters that we were worth a rescue mission of love that would require the death of His own Son.

Your value today, and forever, rest in this truth alone—By grace you are a loved son, a loved daughter, of God. In Jesus Christ this is true of you. But the enemy will not simply let you go. He will remind you every day of who you used to be. But God tells you who you are.  We are to make Jesus known everywhere because HE IS!  He’s there in the restaurant, at our workplace and the grocery store. Everywhere we go we have an opportunity to minister to the people around us. His purpose.  

If you’re discouraged, don’t give up without a fight. Nothing worthwhile ever happens without faith, endurance and energy. God is an artist, we are His created sculptures. He has to keep chipping away. He doesn’t hit the chisel with the hammer once, and suddenly all the excess stone falls away revealing a beautiful masterpiece. He keeps hitting it and hitting it, chipping away at the stone until our life becomes a masterpiece of God’s grace, designed, created, carved into His purpose.