Your Unique Expression

I had a dream over 2 years ago that best paints a picture of the sentiments I am about to share.  In the dream was the house in our neighborhood where we currently reside. This dream was about a year prior to the purchase of said house. On either side were elderly neighbors sitting in their yard, in lawn chairs, asleep.  They had nodded off. There were other key elements in the dream, but I knew the Lord was letting us know the season we were about to enter and our part in it.

It made me think of Jesus rebuking the disciples that slept through the late hour and the dire need leading up to His crucifixion. This issue is nothing new.  

Understand, I did not take the dream to be talking about merely senior in age, rather maturity in the issues of the Lord: Those who have journeyed with Him over a span of time, that possess unusual sage wisdom, authentic humility, death to the flesh man and knowing His voice.

If ever there was a cry from the heart of God for His beloved Church to wake up and rise up into her fullness, it is now.  In the coming greater persecution, there will no doubt be even more of a dividing line between those that emulate a form of Him and the beckoning of His beloved covenant Bride to take her place.

The truth is, the believer will find no greater fulfillment than to function in the complete totality of the gifts that the grace of God has placed in each one of us.  That is why God created us. Deep within the heart and soul of mankind, is a desire to that end.  It’s etched in our DNA by design. Psalm 139 & Ephesians 4.

It thoroughly astounds me that there are basically only 3 eye colors, a handful of hair shades and fewer skin types, yet in the approximately 8 billion people on this planet there is no other person absolutely identical to, or with the same fingerprint as you or I. That significant fact speaks volumes regarding who we are to God. That realization asks an important life question: What then?

In society today we have a younger generation that is all about business for a cause, showing up in support of a friend, community, likened to the military, leaving no one behind. They get it.  Just one piece is lacking though, the origination of their passion, or the Who in their why.  But God in His infinite love for us, will never stop giving opportunity to enlighten us, and brings understanding with intention of drawing Himself to us, if we will allow.

That unique expression of who you are in Christ varies in each season and station in life, but we can be fully awake, alive and even thrive, in our normal, day to day. As we awake and arise to life in all of its fullness, let us not forget that Christ let us know exactly what He thinks of our worth and value…….He paid the highest price for it.

Here is a poem that conveys more of His great love for you. God bless you.

His Masterpiece

I am thankful for the flowers

Each one a different kind

He often points them out to me

If not, I would be blind.

The tulip and geranium

The daisy and the rose

Illuminating artistry

Simple yet so bold.

Intricate and awesome

Speaking of His grace

Are the wonders of creation

That time cannot erase.

Massive oceans and vast mountains

Painted sunsets for us to share

All point to the Master

But none can quite compare.

In His eloquent expression

Majestic and true

Lies the greatest of all artwork

That masterpiece is you.