Blank Canvas
“‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God.’” So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God. Romans 14:11-12, NIV
These messages just keep coming up in my spirit. I literally sit at the computer with a blank screen not knowing what I am going to write. But then the words just began to flow from my mind onto the screen. I know that in those moments I am in perfect alignment with God. I can hear his still quiet voice pouring into my soul. It reminds me of my sister-in-law who says that when she is painting, she never knows what is going to be put on that canvas.
Every morning when we wake up, we have a blank canvas. We get to decide what kind of picture we are going to paint or what kind of story we are going to write. Many times, when I look back at my writings, I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that it was written by the Holy Spirit. As God says, there is nothing good in this flesh (Romans 7:18-19).
This reminds me of what the Bible says - that one day, we are all going to have to give an account for our lives. It is written: “‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God.’” So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God (Romans 14:11-12).
This means we will each look back at every day we spent here on earth and will have to speak to how we painted on the canvas of each day. I work hard to hear God as I write these posts, but as I think about the canvas of my day…I probably need to spend a little more time listening to Him about how the painting should look. Many times, I think I can be guilty of just throwing color on the canvas and hoping it turns out well.
We don’t want to hope on judgement day…we want to know for sure that our paintings are exquisite and please Him! Amen.
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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