Masterpiece

Ephesians 2:10 AMP For we are His workmanship, His masterpiece, a work of art, created in Christ Jesus, reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, ready to be used for good works, which God prepared for us beforehand, so that we would walk in them.

Touring museums is one of the great experiences when traveling. Museums filled with artifacts and works of art that are considered to be priceless masterpieces. But what makes a masterpiece? It’s not just what — it is who — a master makes a masterpiece! 

The Greek word used in Ephesians 2:10 is “poiema,” (where we get our English word poem), and what Paul had in mind is a work of masterful creativity. The Holy Spirit, through Paul, selected this word carefully. The only other time in Scripture it is used is in Romans 1:20: “God’s eternal power and divine nature, have been made intelligible and clearly discernible in and through the things that have been made.” Here, it takes five English words to unpack poiema. God’s glory, power, and character are to be seen and experienced through us, His handiworks, workmanship, masterpiece

When God created the heavens and the earth, including all the plants, animals, and creatures of the sea, He stepped back and proclaimed it as good. Every star, mountain, animal, and bird of the air was simply spoken into existence by God’s voice. That is, until day six. For the final and greatest step of creation, God himself reached down and formed man from the dust of the ground and personally breathed into man the breath of life. God used dust, not rich fertile soil, but dust. The word dust is the Hebrew word ʿāp̄ār, which represents rubbish or ashes. He took what is often overlooked and unwanted to create his final masterpiece.

He created man and woman, male and female, He created them. Up to this point, all of creation was done by God. But for the creation of man, He called, “let us make man in our image.” We are made in the full image of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Then he proclaimed it as not just good, but very good, exceedingly and abundantly good. His greatest creative work was forming you and bringing you forth to fulfill His purpose and destiny through your life. God's greatest masterpiece of all creation is you! More significant than the sun, moon, or stars, the highest mountain, the deepest sea, or any animal, you are God’s masterpiece and prized work. Valued so highly, He sent his son to pay the complete price of restoring our full and unbroken fellowship.

There’s a Master at work on you. Your life is a priceless work of art in the Lord’s hand. God’s masterful artistry, His perfect “touch”, is painting and sculpting your life day-by-day to create the masterpiece He desires you to be. Every stroke of the brush, strike of the chisel, and placement of color renders shape to your identity in Him. You can trust His craftsmanship and rely on His artistry because not only is He the consummate Master Artist, but He loves His works. 

God created you to do amazing things. We are told in Psalm 139:16 that God's eyes "saw your substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them."  God has a plan for your life. God is preparing you for greater things. Whether you are young or living in the 4th Quarter of life, your greatest days are ahead of you. God's masterpiece takes a full lifetime to create!

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Philippians 1:6 NLT And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.

Philippians 2:13 NLT For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.

John 5:17 NIV In his defense Jesus said to them, My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.

Psalms 90:17 NIV May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us— yes, establish the work of our hands.

Colossians 1:9-12 NIV We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light.

Hebrews 13:21 TPT May God the Father work perfection into every part of you, giving you all that you need to fulfill your destiny. And may he express through you all that is excellent and pleasing to him through the power of Jesus the Anointed One who is to receive all glory forever! Amen!

2 Corinthians 9:8 NIV And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.

Ephesians 4:24 NIV Put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 NIV All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Psalms 100:1-3 NIV Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

Isaiah 43:20-21 TPT For I supply streams of water in the desert and rivers in the wilderness to satisfy the thirst of my people, my chosen ones, so that you, whom I have shaped and formed for myself, will proclaim my praise.

Titus 2:14 TPT He sacrificed himself for us that he might purchase our freedom from every lawless deed and to purify for himself a people who are his very own, passionate to do what is beautiful in his eyes.

Psalms 138:8 TPT You keep every promise you’ve ever made to me! Since your love for me is constant and endless, I ask you, Lord, to finish every good thing that you’ve begun in me!

Titus 3:14 TPT Encourage the believers to be passionately devoted to beautiful works of righteousness by meeting the urgent needs of others and not be unfruitful.

Hebrews 10:24 NIV Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.