Proverbs 20:24 tells us the Lord directs our steps, so why try to understand everything along the way? He’s got our path lined out for us. His goal is to complete the master- piece of you!
He’s taken care of everything. In the garden He pro- vided Adam and Eve’s food, clothing, their spouse and even their occupation. He gave them THE BLESSING. He gave them seed because He had already planted everything and made it to grow. He did all the work. They didn’t have to toil at all. They just had to do what He said and THE BLESSING would make it all work. All Adam and Eve had to do, and all we have to do, is “keep it.” Keep THE BLESSING. Keep the promise. Keep the plan. Philippians 2:12-13 makes it clear: “…Work hard to show the results of your salvation, obeying God with deep reverence and fear. For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him” (NLT).
God is watching over that plan He designed. He’s working in you, giving you the desire and the power to paint the picture—to do what pleases Him. And what pleases Him is for you to be what He designed you to be and do.
He has provided every tool we will ever need to paint our lives according to His plan. He’s given us His Word… the complete and true picture of each of us. He has given us His Spirit…not just our step-by-step instruc- tor, but our moment-by-moment power source. He has given us Jesus—our example of what living the good life God planned is all about. He has given us the Body of Christ—the ones who encourage us that we can and will be all He has designed us to be.
You are not out there alone, trying to accomplish a near-impossible task. God loves you so much, He has master-planned your good life and totally supplied every good thing you need to pick up that brush and see your life turn out just as He desires it to be. You are God’s masterpiece. You are His good work in progress!
Kellie Copeland Swisher – Taken from “You Are A Good Work” – Believers Voice of Victory Magazine – February 2010
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Kellie Copeland Swisher is an executive at Kenneth Copeland Ministries where she supervises several departments alongside her husband, Dr. Stephen Lowell Swisher. Through their ministry, Kellie and Steve fulfill the mission of drawing people of all ages into a personal, growing and powerful relationship with Jesus Christ. Doctor and Mrs. Swisher have four children and reside in Fort Worth, Texas.
