I am not an artist.

 

But I want you to visualize a terrible painting.  Ugly.  Without color.  Hard to look at.  Without life.

 

Visualize the most ugly painting that you could ever lay eyes on….

 

When God says this:

Revelation 21:5  He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”

 

Your life is a picture.  It is a work of art, and the Lord is (as He says in Hebrews 12) the “Author and Perfecter” of our faith.

 

The problem with this is that we have been given the most important gift that one could have:  Free Will

 

And with freedom we get to walk into our destiny and make our own way.  And when we make our own way we make a mess of things.  And the reality is that we can make our life look very much like that painting:

Ugly

Without Purpose

Void Of Color  

Hard To Look At  

Without Life

 

But God has the solution.

 

And that solution is Grace.

 

Grace is a scandal….it is not only NOT getting what we deserve–it is getting promoted.

 

In the world of paintings, His Grace is what you paint over that terrible painting…..and no matter how ugly it is —

And that terrible painting becomes a different picture……..It is now

Beautiful

Purposeful

Colorful

Full Of Life

 

So put your brush into the paint can that is full of God’s Grace…..and your painting will change.

 

It becomes a masterpiece….better than any in the world.

 

In The Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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Coach J