But God…made us alive with Christ…He also raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavens in Christ Jesus…
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do.” (Ephesians 2:4-6, 10)
I was just marveling at God’s grace this morning.
In the Greek, “his” is stressed in verse 10. Paul says, “We are HIS workmanship.”
I wondered at that. Why stress “his”?
Then Paul’s words in verse 4 struck me: “But God…
Because of everything I’VE done, I was spiritually dead, separated from God. Because of all I’VE done, I was a child under God’s wrath, deserving hell.
But GOD…
God made me alive. He forgave my sins through the blood of Christ shed on the cross. He raised me up and gave me new life. And he has seated me with Christ by his side.
Why?
Not because of how great I am or anything I’ve done.
But because of his great love and mercy toward me.
When God first made me in my mother’s womb, I was his “masterpiece.” (Psalm 139:13-14, Ephesians 2:10, NLT)
But with me dead in my sins, a “masterpiece” broken and scarred, by his grace, God then made me anew.
I am twice HIS masterpiece!
And he made me not so just so that people might admire me. He has prepared me for a specific work: to touch people for his kingdom. And I want to walk each day, doing that work.
You are God’s masterpiece too. Twice his masterpiece. Let’s rejoice in that. And let’s walk each day, doing the things he has given us to do.
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