For 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

I like the way the Message translation reads: No, we neither make nor save ourselves. God does both the making and saving. He creates each of us by Christ Jesus to join him in the work he does, the good work he has gotten ready for us to do, work we had better be doing.

In his book “Finding Your Greater Yes” Dr. Dan Erickson translates this verse to tell us we are God’s masterpiece!!  “You are His best; now be what you are“.

My grandson brought me a painting he had made in preschool the other day. A painting by my 2 year old grandson was more precious at that very moment than any Thomas Kinkaid painting. We proudly placed it on the refrigerator for all to see.

God has created a masterpiece in you and in me. He proudly places us here on this earth for all to see. The painting we are to display is His wonderful works. Our lives are to be a representation of Christ.

What do people see when they look at you? Do they see random paint strokes or a masterpiece?  “YOU ARE HIS BEST; NOW BE WHAT YOU ARE”.