Day 25
Understanding Presentation
I don’t like it when someone stands over me as I am painting. They always ask silly questions, like “What is that supposed to be,” or make comments like “I don’t get it,” “I don’t know, I don’t like that one.” Then when I try to tell them or explain my process, they don’t understand. Why is this? Because they can’t see the vision like I can see the vision. Nor do they understand all that it takes to get from the beginning stage to the end. All that most people want to see is the pretty painting at the end. Hence, I understand that most people are drawn to presentation and the unveiling of something beautiful. Most people are blind to the intricacies of process.
God’s ways are not our ways and his thinking is not our thinking!
Many people are hurting in this world today and they ask questions like:
If God is all powerful why is there war?
If God is so loving then why is there suffering?
If God really cares then why doesn’t he just fix everything wrong in the world?
I have an answer for those questions because I took the time to get to know God. It is not God who paints over his own beautiful artwork. It is not God who mixes the colors into dingy hues. It is not God who throws mud on the intricacies of his brush strokes. It is the enemy who uses our gifts to try to destroy God’s work. It is the enemy who lies and says: Look how much God has messed up. . .
However, God is not through with us yet. Spiritually speaking, he is preparing for the great unveiling of his secret work. Everything is working out for the good. He will present his finished work even if we do not understand the process.
Understanding Presentation: When we are living for Christ, we must understand what we are choosing to represent. We are choosing to represent God and his son Jesus.
Before we claim to be all holy and sanctified, ask yourself what does your presentation look like? Remember, everyone doesn’t see the end vision of what you are to become. They just don’t understand it and they are saying to themselves “I don’t get it, I don’t like it.” Those who only want to see a beautiful presentation at the end will always find a way to criticize what is happening in the process.
You don't have to be ashamed of your process so remember not to make others feel ashamed of their process.
When we get on the same page and line up with God’s vision, He will tell us the job we are supposed to do. God does not need to explain to us in detail what his process is. He is not swadded from his original idea by our opinion of what it currently looks like! We, instead, have to trust the master’s process. Then and only then can we understand our purpose.
We are each other’s help. We are each other’s way to gather the information that we need to get on the path we need to be on. Remember our tools are our gifts. We can start repainting a beautiful work with the tools God has given us. He gave us the power to help perfect his work!
Let us meditate on this verse:
And he gave some, apostles; and some prophets; and some evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the Knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.
Ephesians 4: 11-13
How do you present yourself to God?
How do you present yourself to others?
What is the service that you were meant to do during your process of growth?
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