Lately I have been doing a reading plan titled Draw Near- Guides to a Greater Intimacy with God. I am trying to stay committed to this reading plan and each day is a struggle to remain on task. Even now I am distracted just to write my thoughts.
Day 7Michelangelo saw the task of the sculptor as that of freeing figures from their marble prisons. In each block of stone, he saw some "person" then chipped away until that form emerged. Sometimes he failed, as with St. Matthew. This famous statue is only half-finished because Michelangelo could not get the stone to release the figure of the brilliant apostle.
Todays reading; Heb 12:1-2 (KJV) 1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. Heb 12:29 (KJV) 29 For our God is a consuming fire.
After today's reading I realize that God is a sculptor and as a sculptor he chips away the things that imprison us. By chiseling away the things that holds us back. God continues to work and conform us into the person and frees us from the sin that corrupts mankind.
We are prisoners, God frees us by chipping away the carnal nature, that so enslaves us
Thank You Lord for your Love, Grace, and Mercy. Lord help my to stay focus and committed to reading this plan daily. aslo the read your word daily. In Jesus Name Amen.
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