I reached Ephesians 2:10, a verse I have heard so many times, but it hit me in a new way this morning. When I read it, I began to weep.
"For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Chris Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago." (NLT)
I don't like to completely open up about my feelings to just anyone, especially not for everyone to read on the internet, but I knew when I came across this that my feelings were something that God wanted to me to share, so here it goes:
Lately, I have been feeling like everything but a masterpiece. I've felt broken, insecure, and of little worth. I felt insecurities of the flesh and insecurities in my relationship with Jesus. I felt unwanted at times, not beautiful, like God couldn't and wouldn't use me to do works for Him, and so many other things. I didn't even know how to pray about these feelings, so I kept them all to myself.
But you know what I love about Jesus? He knows what I'm going through even when I don't speak about it. He showed Ephesians 2:10 to me, just to gently and lovingly whisper that I am HIS masterpiece, a work of outstanding artistry, skill, or workmanship. And not only did He carefully and cautiously create me, but He created me with a plan for my life. How could I possibly believe I was worthless when the God who created the universe, created me with even more love and gave me a purpose and plan for my life?
I love the way David beautifully described how God formed each of us and how He had our whole lives planned out, even before we were born in Psalm 139:13-16:
"Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out; you formed me in my mother's womb. I thank you, High God- you're breathtaking! Body and soul, I am marvelously made! I worship in adoration- what a creation! You know me inside and out, you know every bone in my body; You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, how I was sculpted from nothing into something. Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth; all the stages of my life were spread out before you, the days of my life all prepared before I'd even lived one day." (MSG)
Putting my confidence in the Lord and not in my flesh is something that I've struggled doing. But from now on I will remember God's promise that I am His masterpiece, body and soul, I am marvelously made.
With Love,
