The LORD will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O
LORD, endures forever; Do not forsake the works of Your hands. (Psalm 138:8 )
I’m not all I ought to be, but God
is not through with me yet! I am a work
in progress. We all are.
There is a reason why we are
here—in this place and for this time.
God created us for His purposes.
He wove the fabric of our being—putting the code in our DNA, placing us
in the environment and with the experiences that all combined to shape us with
the aptitudes and abilities He meant for us to possess. Rather than wishing we were like someone
else, we need to submit to God’s design and direction for us. There is only one me, and I need to be the
best me He created me to be!
I was not only shaped by my
physical birth, but thankfully, I have also had a spiritual birth. Otherwise, those natural gifts, tainted by
sin, will be employed for evil purposes.
Now, they are redeemed to God’s usefulness. Much more, being regenerate, I have been
indwelt with the Spirit of God and empowered with spiritual gifts to fulfill
His call in my life.
This is the sheer, sovereign grace
of God at work for His glory! Even when
I was fleeing from Him as a stubborn sheep, the Good Shepherd sought me and
saved me. His love would not let me
go! Now, being in His flock, when I
stumble, He lifts me, and when I start to stray, he scourges me. Sometimes, He allows me to experience the
pain of my foolishness to teach me, but always in the right measure and under
His watchful eye. I am assured that even
the hard times of life—what I would think of as bad—are promised to work
together for my good, since I am called according to His purpose. That is the promise of Romans 8:28 , “And we know that all things work together
for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His
purpose.”
There have been projects I have
started with great zeal, and then I became distracted by other concerns or
disenchanted by the difficulty, setting them aside, where today they collect
dust, unfinished. Thank God, He never
does that! Paul said, “being confident of this very thing, that He
who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ”
(Philippians 1:6 ). He has started a good work in me. All He does is good! God doesn’t make junk! He doesn’t mess up! When I go around complaining about my state
in life then I am arrogantly saying, “God when you made me this way, you didn’t
know what you were doing!” Instead, I
need to rejoice in Him who has begun and is completing His grand design. I will arrive in Heaven one day, a perfect
product, looking just like Jesus!
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