Who’s the Artist of Your Life?
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about my life and the choices ahead of me: college, career, my calling, and so on. I’ve discovered that these decisions are a lot harder to make on my own. I need someone to help me plan my life.
This has lead to a change in my thinking. For about a month now I have been thinking of my life as a canvas. I have two general choices about who to let paint my life. The first choice is to paint my life the way that I see fit, to run my life myself, my way and generally not take anyone’s way but my own.
The other choice is to let God take control of my life. It’s a choice to let Him paint me into the picture that He has for my life, no matter where that takes me.
Now the difficult choice: do I let God begin by giving him the paintbrush? Or do I start with the paintbrush? I have been striving to let God be the painter of my life. That doesn’t mean that I am perfect and always let him paint my life. Sometimes I still get worried or anxious and try to take the paintbrush back.
But whenever I’ve done that, I’ve seen afterward that the painting has a big blotch on it where the master painter has to come fix things through repentance and His forgiveness. He has to set my painting back to the way that He planned it to be.
I want to let God direct my life. I want Him to paint my life into the beautiful masterpiece that He has for me. How has God helped you to give Him the paintbrush of your life? Share your thoughts in the comments.
It’s so easy to just make my own plans and try to make it work – although that’s harder in the long run. The thing I keep forgetting is that even if I have a genius plan, God’s plan is beyond genius. It’s perfect.
Striking out on my own (ideologically) is like a toddler arguing with Michelangelo about a half-finished sculpture. I may be convinced I’m right, but that doesn’t make me a master sculptor.
I can clearly remember differant times in my life when I just gave everything to Him. Every little little choice, every big one. everything. I is so refreashing to get that load off my back that I don’t have to worry about the future.
In Ephesians it says that we are His workmanship and I believe that the Greek word used there was “poema” from which we get the word “poem”. God is writing a book about us and the pages are based on the victories, battles, circumstances, disciplines, and sacrifice of our lives. What does the book that God is writing about you say? What is He saying currently? What good works has He predestined that He wants us to walk in someday to be at the right place and the right time?
It’s amazing that I’ve never opened up my Bible and expected there to be blank pages – even more so, I’ve never read the Word and not expected that God would speak to me about His Word or make certain passages almost jump out at me. However, why is that we sometimes seek God in prayer and expect that His spoken Word will be silent.
With the same faith that I have to open up a Bible and expect there to words, likewise that is how I need to come into His presence: expecting that He is willing to and wanting to speak to me about the course of my life.
Appreciate you guys! God bless!
Matt Legere
It is amazing how much God wants to talk to us. I heard a preacher say, “He died to talk to us.” That’s incredible!
It is quite simple really, seek first the kingdom of Heaven!
Many things can be said and have been regarding this idea, may I always lean on him and await his direction, from there I shall proceed.
Blessings,
PS the sheep know the shepherds voice, he’s always talking, listen intently.
I like what I am seeing on the canvas!
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