Thursday, December 20, 2007

Centerpiece

Good morning!!
Two days ago I finished a piece of art for a friend that she was giving to her husband as a present. It was so awesome to have created something that someone else wanted to hang and display in their home!! As I began to ponder this I realized that my art work was going up in their living room above the fire place. This is the center piece or focus point of their home. Wow!! My art work is the focus point of someone Else's home!
This made me think about God and how he created us. He spent time and creative energy creating us. Psalm 139 tells us that God knit us together in our mothers womb and that we are fearfully and wonderfully made!! How proud God must have been at the final moment when he completed His creation and He said "This is good!"
As I thought about this further, I wondered what God thinks about how we 'place ourselves'. What I mean by that is; Are we placing ourselves in the center of God's plan for our lives? Are we putting God and His purpose for our life in the living room where everyone can see who we serve and what we are living for? Or, are we putting our selves in the back corner of the closet where we are hiding from and avoiding what God has planned for us? Are we even placing our selves in God's home at all? Have you ever entered God's home?
I want to challenge everyone, to take the next step. Weather it be responding to God for the first time ever, or starting to share your faith. Place your self in the center of God's house, and display of splendor for all to see.