"For we are God's Workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." Ephesians 2:10
....in advance for us to do, God prepared us to do things for him - He made us, we are His Workmanship...
God made us with things in mind for us to do...Wow - He knows me, and He knows my capabilities!
I like what Lysa Terkeurst says in her bestselling novel, Unglued...."God is chiseling us, making us new, releasing us from our hard places -those that make us feel so stinking defeated - So we can do good works." For Him!!!
This has really got me to thinking this week - my ex husband is in prison, for something he did while on drugs...he is having to reinvent himself, make new what was old...and he has recommitted his life to Christ - so God is doing great things. However, because of the drug use, even while we were still married, I felt as though I was in prison. And now - after all these years I am finally realizing that God has prepared me to do something - as he has prepared my ex for something too! He Created us and He does not make junk.
Jeremiah 29:11 says "For I know the plans I have for you plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future..." This verse has been life-giving to me over the past couple of years. Sometimes we have to go through those hard places to get to where he has us going! To grow us into the people he can use! Thank you Lord for loving us so much - that you gave your son to die on a tree for me! So that we can be used by you to do Great things for you!
