My wife gave me compound miter saw for Christmas. Since then, I have purchased a few more tools that have helped me in my new found hobby of wood-working.
Each tool has its own purpose, and each tool is useful, but of all the tools I have (and would like to have) there is one tool that has proven itself time and again.
It’s my “Black & Decker Smart Select Multi Sander”. This one tool allows me to improve the quality of my work, by insuring that all the imperfections on the wood are gone, and I am left with a smooth surface.
You know; God’s Word acts like a sander. When the Word is applied to our life, it has the power to remove all the imperfections that are in my life.
The Bible says in 2 Timothy 3:16-17: “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,17 so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” (NIV)
If we read, and apply God’s word, it has the power to make us become the people that God desires us to be… we become His masterpiece.
The Bible reminds us that “…we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” (Eph. 2:10, NIV)
God takes great care to sand off the imperfections in our life. This might not happen at warp-speed, but it will happen, and, when we look back at our lives, we can see that God, thru His word, was at work sanding off our rough edges!
you know - i too have a pretty fond affection for my sander too - and i will admit that i too need it from time to time too - but i never thought of the illustration that you share here. I like that. Thanks for the encouragement!
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