MASTERPIECE
Pearl of Great Price Tabernacle
Sis. Mary Pettit
Masterpiece -A work of outstanding artistry, skill, or workmanship.
Artisan - a worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand.
God is the first and ultimate Artisan, and we are His masterpiece.
Genesis 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
We also find in Genesis, Isaiah, Ecclesiastes, Proverbs, and Colossians that God created heaven and earth and everything in heaven and earth, and He made them all for a purpose. We are made in His image and HE even gives man the ability to make or create things.
Ephesians 2:10; For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
God didn’t make a mistake when He made you, He had a purpose, and He had a plan in mind when He created you.
I will give this one the ability to sing for my glory. And this one the gift of knowledge, and they will be able to help so many. I will put the desire of prayer in this one, and he will become a prayer warrior to fight for those who can't fight for themselves. I will give this one the gift of prophecy to edify and build up the church. I will make this one a pastor, and give them extra strength and courage.
Since we are made in His image, we are a masterpiece, and that must mean we have “A piece of the Master.”
So how do we resemble God? Do we have His eyes of love, His pure heart, serving hands, gentle voice, arms of strength, feet that brings peace wherever He goes? Do we feel what He feels?
In troubled times, are our eyes filled with tears, because it hurts to see people suffer? Is our heart broken because many are lost and unsaved, our feet tired because we continually follow Jesus, our hands blistered because they serve others? Is our voice pained at times because we are under attack? The world hates that part of us, because our voice is used to spread the gospel.
You are a masterpiece! You are the original, and that makes you very valuable and irreplaceable.
The original painting is more expensive than the prints because of the time, care, and materials that go into creating them. The original work of art is the only one of it’s kind and it’s usually signed by the artist.
In Revelation 22, John says, “His name shall be in their foreheads.”
Isaiah 43:7; Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
Philippians 2:5-8 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men; And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. You are a masterpiece of God. Amen