God’s Poetry
“We are his workmanship.”
(Ephesians 2:10 NKJV)
Scripture calls the church a poem. “We are His workmanship” (Eph. 2:10). Workmanship descends from the Greek word poeo or poetry. We are God’s poetry! What Longfellow did with pen and paper, our Maker does with us. We express his creativity best.
You aren’t God’s poetry. I’m not God’s poetry. We are God’s poetry. Poetry demands variety.
“God works through different men in different ways, but it is the same God who achieves his purposes through them all” (I Cor. 12:6 Phillips).
God uses all types to type his message. Logical thinkers. Emotional worshipers. Dynamic leaders. Docile followers. The visionaries who lead, the studious who ponder, the generous who pay the bills…
Alone, we are meaningless symbols on a page.
But collectively, we inspire.
A Max Lucado devotion
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Could you do with more grace?
Would you like to be accepted and loved for who you are?
Then i beseech you....do the same...show it.
Extend that same love, grace and acceptance to the people
we call "fellow church members", "brothers and sisters".
Do I know his struggle? Do I know what she's working as?
Is he tired from all that preaching? How is she coping with her children?
What does the call to "love one another" mean?
Can we be part of a church whom we do not care for?
Can we serve a body of Christ whom we do not know or love?
They may not be perfect, and our wavelengths in thoughts and actions may differ...
Shall we then break away and dis-associate ourselves from
what we see as an "abomination church" unto God?
Shall we disregard the people and dismiss them off
thinking that they don't understand?
Or...could it be...
..a place for His grace to shine through,
His strength to be made perfect in our weakness,
a place where people would see that He is Lord because of the love we have for one another despite our differences?
..a place to see that we're not so fine and perfect ourselves?
Love one another....
...it's not a cliche...
..it's His desire, His command.
Would you like to be accepted and loved for who you are?
Then i beseech you....do the same...show it.
Extend that same love, grace and acceptance to the people
we call "fellow church members", "brothers and sisters".
Do I know his struggle? Do I know what she's working as?
Is he tired from all that preaching? How is she coping with her children?
What does the call to "love one another" mean?
Can we be part of a church whom we do not care for?
Can we serve a body of Christ whom we do not know or love?
They may not be perfect, and our wavelengths in thoughts and actions may differ...
Shall we then break away and dis-associate ourselves from
what we see as an "abomination church" unto God?
Shall we disregard the people and dismiss them off
thinking that they don't understand?
Or...could it be.....a place for His grace to shine through,
His strength to be made perfect in our weakness,
a place where people would see that He is Lord because of the love we have for one another despite our differences?
..a place to see that we're not so fine and perfect ourselves?
Love one another....
...it's not a cliche...
..it's His desire, His command.
