Are you in shape?
by Pastor Mark Gierus
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‘Yet you, Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand’ (Isaiah 64:8).
Do you like to keep in shape?
Many of us during the different COVID lockdowns and restrictions had the best intention of keeping in shape so we would dodge the ‘COVID spread’, and some people have succeeded in keeping in shape during this challenging year. But have you ever thought about what shape you are in when it comes to your relationship with God?
Would you say you are in good shape? Perhaps you might say that you are doing okay but need to spend a little more time with God? You might, at this point, feel guilty that you are out of shape with God.
Yet, our Heavenly Father loves you no matter what shape you are in. He sent his only son, Jesus, to suffer and die for our sins to make us right with him. We are made right because we believe what Jesus has done for us. He died and rose again for us. God forgives us and saves us from sin, eternal death and the power of the devil. He gives us eternal life. All of this is done for you. All you need to do is receive this gift. We are not strangers who are out of shape with God. Instead, by God’s grace through Jesus, we are in the best shape we can be – we are children of God.
In our reading today, we hear that God is our Father, and if God is our Father, he has made you and me his children. We are the clay, and God is the potter. You and I are the work of his hand. No matter where you find yourself in life, God is shaping you by his hands through his word in Jesus. By the power of the Holy Spirit, God is shaping, changing and renewing your heart to be more and more like Jesus. All you need to do is receive God’s gift – the baby Jesus. As Jesus lives in you, by his word, you will continue to be shaped to share God’s love with the world in all you do.
Peace be with you.
Dear Heavenly Father, shape me daily by your word through your Spirit that I may continue to grow to be more like your son Jesus in whose name I pray. Amen.
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