~ God's 3 M's ~

"For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do that we should walk in them." - Eph 2:10

Paul was writing to a church in Ephesus and really emphasized "love" in his letter to them (chapters 1-6 in the New Testament).

The word "workmanship" in greek (which is the original language it was written in) means “what has been made” and is actually used to describe a work of art or masterpiece. – Marissah, God thinks you are a MASTERPEICE. He thinks you are beautiful and He could absolutely look at you all day long. Actually, He does. He’s crazy about you.

“In Christ Jesus” - if you believe that Jesus is the Son of God and in all that the Bible tells us He did and receive Him to be Master of your life than you are placed in a spiritual position in heaven with Christ – that’s were you belong and the rest of life is God making us more like His Son until He calls us home.

“Do good works” - part of God making us more like Jesus is that as we follow Him and seek Him we’ll become more LIKE Him – which means God will be able to work through us and we’ll be His instrument for good here on earth. This will bring us closer to Him and shine like a light so others can see Him through us.

“Prepared in advance, for us to do, that we might walk in them” – don’t stress about what to do or how to do it – as we WALK BY FAITH (live our lives the way God wants us too, asking Him to help us and believing His promises) – HE will do the good works through us. Do you remember the verse “My yoke is easy and my burden is light”? He has work for us to do, but He is the one giving us the energy.

So Marissah, I want you to read the verse above as many times as you need to. You can ask me any questions and take your time. But I want you to say it out loud and make it personal as many times as you want. Ask God to show you the truth in it and give you the faith to believe His Word is true.

So something like “I (Marissah) am God’s MASTERPEICE!! I was created in Christ Jesus to do good works through God Who’s got a plan for my life and has been working in it all along! He wants me to walk by faith with Him and according to His Word.”

This may seem overwhelming or confusing but if you ask Him to and believe that He will He’ll open your eyes each step of the way. He’ll show Himself to you and you’ll know that He’s real and wants to be your absolute BFFL (sorry Gordo haha). Hey, share this with Gordo too :D And pray the verse over Josiah and Josalyn inserting their names instead of yours. Speaking God’s Word over them in prayer is an awesome way to invest in their lives.

I love you Marissah. God and I can’t wait to show you how much <3