Ephesians 2:10

"For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works."  (NIV) 

Prayer starter:

Hands play a major part in today's coloring activity because we are the result of God's creation process, His handiwork, which according to the dictionary means His product, work or achievement. But we are not the work of some robot screwing parts onto a car frame at a Chrysler auto plant. God physically "formed a man from the dust of the ground" (Genesis 2:7), most likely with His hands. So we are literally the work of His hands. It goes without saying that God's hands are powerful and can do anything He wants them to do (e.g. Joshua 4:24). He can perform miracles, build up or destroy, effortlessly, with His hands. In the New Testament, we see His son, Jesus, using his hands very powerfully as well, mostly to heal people and to perform miracles (e.g. Matthew 8:3, Luke 4:40).
In Ephesians 2:10, Paul reminds us that God created us to follow the example of Christ and to use our hands to do good, not to do harm or evil.
So what have your hands done today? Take a couple of minutes, as you color, to think about all of the things your hands have done today. How many of the actions your hands performed were just rote, almost automatic, everyday kinds of things? How many times did your hands purposefully and intentionally do something positive, like help someone or touch someone in kindness? Have your hands done any harm today? Can you think of ways to use your hands in more powerfully positive ways tomorrow and the day after that?
If you don't know what to pray for today, you could start by asking God to teach you how to best use your hands so that YOUR handiwork will be good works that glorify Him.

Be Brightly Blessed! 


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