Several years ago, my wife gave me an awesome Christmas gift. It was a compound miter saw. (Chop Saw.) Since then, I have purchased a few— Ok, let’s be honest, several—more tools that have helped me in my hobby of wood-working. (I’m no wood-working expert, but I have made a few dozen shelves, a painter’s bench, several mirrors.. and the list goes on.
I spent some time in my shop yesterday, looking at, and using a few of my tools. Now, 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 “Ryobi orbital sander”. (a power sander, that goes real fast.. it’s pretty sweet.) 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, through His word, was at work sanding off our rough edges!
Take a minute and thank God for His Word, and, if you haven't been reading His Word lately, now is the perfect time to get back at it again.. It will help you on your journey with Jesus. Trust me!
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