By Cyndi
Ever have a list of projects you want to get done? You know, like cleaning out the garage, baking cookies, washing and waxing the car, remodeling your bathroom or even building a shed (if you remember from last week). This time of year it might just be getting a tree and putting up Christmas lights. I think we all have a list, written or not, of projects we would like to see done; so I, being in the midst of several projects right now, got to thinking about God’s point of view of things. I think we are His projects.
Yes, I believe we are His sons and daughters, but also His own personal projects that He loves to work on. Ephesians 2:10 says, “We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works”. I think this is a very comforting thought. Why? Because whenever I do projects, I tend to run into little unexpected things that frustrate me and cause me to lose my patience, and many times the whole thing turns into something bigger than I was expecting (maybe more costly even), and I get overwhelmed. But I know God is not like this. He is all love and patience as well as being omniscient. If He already knows what “surprises” are coming up, then He’s not surprised or frustrated!
Philippians 1:6 tells us that “He which has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ”. He will finish what He started in us. No matter what things happen in our lives, God will use them to work in us to mature us and complete us. It’s kind of nice knowing that He already knows what’s ahead, that way I know He is in control so I don’t have to be. Now I think I’ll go put up some Christmas lights.
We are more than conqueror’s in Christ Jesus!