Word@Work Eph19 - Ephesians 2:10
Published: Wed, 10/22/08
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POETRY IN MOTION
Read Ephesians 2:10 For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. (NIV)
The disciplines of engineering and art are intended to have radically different end points. Engineers produce function and artists induce emotion. However, in product design and architecture both are combined. It is the same of God's people. We are both functional and beautiful, because the word 'workmanship' comes from the Greek word that gives us 'poem'. God has designed us to be fully functional in His Kingdom, and to bring much pleasure and glory to Him.
But we are not intended to be museum pieces: to be admired either as trendy modern art, or as relics of a more graceful age! God intends that His artistry shall be revealed in the dynamic of our walk of faith: poetry in motion. However, the motion is no free-style choreography; it has been carefully planned in advance by the God who fits all our little roles into His big purpose. We have been created to work according to His purpose, and our new birth brings with it a fresh confirmation that we are responsible to get on with the job.
Working for Jesus does not start in some far flung mission field, it begins where we are. The work place is the ideal place to be a fully functional spiritual masterpiece (in the making!). It is the place you spend the most time with the people you see most often. So start each day and ask the Lord to lead you into those good things that will glorify Him, which He has already planned for you to do.
Prayer: Dear Lord. Help me to realise that You have created me to work according to Your plan, today. In Jesus' Name Amen.
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The disciplines of engineering and art are intended to have radically different end points. Engineers produce function and artists induce emotion. However, in product design and architecture both are combined. It is the same of God's people. We are both functional and beautiful, because the word 'workmanship' comes from the Greek word that gives us 'poem'. God has designed us to be fully functional in His Kingdom, and to bring much pleasure and glory to Him.
But we are not intended to be museum pieces: to be admired either as trendy modern art, or as relics of a more graceful age! God intends that His artistry shall be revealed in the dynamic of our walk of faith: poetry in motion. However, the motion is no free-style choreography; it has been carefully planned in advance by the God who fits all our little roles into His big purpose. We have been created to work according to His purpose, and our new birth brings with it a fresh confirmation that we are responsible to get on with the job.
Working for Jesus does not start in some far flung mission field, it begins where we are. The work place is the ideal place to be a fully functional spiritual masterpiece (in the making!). It is the place you spend the most time with the people you see most often. So start each day and ask the Lord to lead you into those good things that will glorify Him, which He has already planned for you to do.
Prayer: Dear Lord. Help me to realise that You have created me to work according to Your plan, today. In Jesus' Name Amen.
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