Friday, 1 December 2023

Be Patient, You Are God’s Masterpiece

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“You are his excellent masterpiece. Only be patient, excellence takes time. His refinement yields brilliance.”

Ephesians 2:10
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.


Leonardo da Vinci began painting the famous Mona Lisa in 1503, and it was discovered in his studio when he died in 1519. In all probability it took the famed artist more than a decade to produce his masterpiece. Excellence takes time. Refinement yields brilliance. You are God’s masterpiece. He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion, though it may take some time.

If you’re anything like me, your canvas may be a little torn on the edges and stained. But the Artist is not looking for a clean pristine canvas on which to produce his work of art; he is looking for a canvas that has character and meaning. He will turn your raw image into his work of genius if you will only allow him to work on your canvas in his time.

The scriptures tell us that God has a plan for our lives. We read that he chose us in him before the creation of the world. It says in Psalms that all the days ordained for us were written in his book before one of them came to be. Almighty Creator is working on his masterpiece of you with exactitude and excellence.

The God of peace who raised Jesus from the dead will make you complete in every good work to do his will. Through Jesus, he is working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight. The Holy Spirit is raising you up to be a spiritual entity, that is, a thing with distinct and independent character and existence. You are his excellent masterpiece. Only be patient, excellence takes time. His refinement yields brilliance.

God-tracking is being patient while God paints your life.

IT’S ALL IN THE BIBLE. READ ALL ABOUT IT. (NKJV)
Get into the word of God and get the word of God into you!
Philippians 1:6
Psalm139:16
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
Ephesians 1:4-5
Hebrews 13:20-21

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SO, DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

“Dear Lord, make me complete in every good work to do your will.”

“O Lord my God, I praise you that you have a design for my life. Thank you that you don’t require me to clean up my life before you begin painting your masterpiece of me. I know I’m saved by your grace, through faith, and not the works of my hands. Forgive me for being hasty. I choose to be patient and submit to your refinement now. Dear Lord, make me complete in every good work to do your will. Amen.”

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Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Friday, 24 November 2023

Don’t Stop Knocking

 

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“Have confidence in the Lord your God. Pray without ceasing and do not lose heart. It may seem that God has not heard your knock but he has.”

Luke 18:1
Then he spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart

I was in the back room of my house one day when I heard a knock at my front door. Being preoccupied, I was delayed in answering the knock. Tap, tap, tap came the rap again and again. The person at my door knew I was home so he kept on knocking until I reluctantly extracted myself from my computer and made my way to the front door to answer his persistent knock.

Jesus said, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” No one knocks once at a door. If you approach a door and know the occupant is home you might knock with 4 or 5 taps and wait. If the door is not opened you would inevitably knock again. That’s what prayer is. Prayer is knocking at the door of heaven until the Lord Almighty, who hears your knock, opens the door to your request. And your Father who is in heaven gives good things to those who ask him. He will open the door. Jesus went on to say, “To him who knocks it will be opened.”

Never give up on prayer in your life. Prayer is the gateway to Father’s heart. Abba Father loves my prayers as much as I love it when my children chat with me. It may appear that things don’t change when you pray but never stop asking, seeking and knocking. Jesus once told a parable of a widow who sought judgment from a certain judge but the judge did not respond to her. However, because she persisted in her appeal to him, he finally answered her call.

Have confidence in the Lord your God. Pray without ceasing and do not lose heart. It may seem that God has not heard your knock but he has. His ways are not like our ways and his thoughts are not like our thoughts. God’s timing is always perfect. So, don’t stop knocking.

God-tracking is knocking without ceasing.

IT’S ALL IN THE BIBLE. READ ALL ABOUT IT. (NKJV)
Get into the word of God and get the word of God into you!
Matthew 7:7-11
Luke 18:1-8
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Isaiah 55:8
1 Thessalonians 5:24
Philippians 4:19

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SO, DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

“Dear Lord, I continue to pray without ceasing. You have promised that everyone who asks receives.”

“Dear Lord, I sometimes feel like I’m asking you the same thing over and over. I will never understand your thoughts or your timing but I do understand this: your word says you are faithful and you will do it. So, I will continue to knock on heaven’s door. Dear Lord, I continue to bring my prayers and petitions to you. O Lord, meet my need and answer my knock. I seek your will with all my heart. I know you will meet all my needs according to your riches in glory. I pray without ceasing. You have promised that everyone who asks receives. I claim your word in my situation. Amen.”

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GodTracker is a weekly e-mail Christian motivational thought, written by Dudley Anderson, based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His Word calls us to seek his plan by acknowledging him in all our ways and by tracking his purposes, in faith. Most of what you’ll read is based upon the author’s personal experience of tracking the plans of God.

Listen to GodTracker podcasts by Dudley Anderson at,
godtracker.co.uk/godtracker-podcasts

Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.