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Day 7: Masterpiece

There is a concept in chemistry known as the ideal gas equation. Not to get scientific over here (I do get there sometimes LOL) but this concept assumes that in a container, the volume of gases remain negligible and the gases have no interactions with each other.

Now there is another theory which suggests that assuming the container the gas occupies is small, it is impossible to ignore the volume of the gas and definitely, there will be some level of interaction amongst the gases.

In essence, the lesson from this illustration is, although there is an ideal way a substance ought to behave, certain external influences tend to affect the expected behaviour.

 

What does this have to do with today’s reflection, madame?

Starting life as a Christian came with a number of ideal expectations. We are blessed with a myriad of Christian examples of peoples’ walk with the Lord and oftentimes, we seek to model our relationships after theirs.

We see:
Ideal ways to commune with God…
Ideal ways to walk with God…
Ideal ways to do a lot of things…

And so all our lives, we find ourselves trying to measure up with this individual’s way of living because we assume that’s the only way.

We fail to realise that as uniquely as each one of us was created, our walk with the Lord is equally as unique and peculiar to us. When God sees you, He sees YOU. Not John, not Samantha, not Ekua and certainly not Joseph. He sees you.

Mind you, it doesn’t mean skip reading or studying your Bible, having your Quiet Time, spending time fellowshipping with the Lord, skipping fellowship with the brethren or soaking in some good sermons. Certainly not what I mean. These are avenues which help us in our walk with the Lord and help us become more and more like Jesus.

  I want to draw our attention to the simple fact that the people whose walk with God we so admire and for which reason we are so bending over backwards to become like are not us. They don’t have our genetic composition, our schedule and their purpose certainly differs from ours.

We are not in their lives to see everything for what it truly is.

My question really is, why are you trying so hard to be someone you are not? You are a Masterpiece.

1Peter 2:9 says you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation a people for His own possession; that you may show forth the excellence of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

I am asking that you don’t be too hard on yourself.

I am asking that you seek God concerning your walk and relationship with Him and ask Him how your walk should be like?

Take it from someone who as struggled to have the perfect relationship with the Lord. Bending over backwards to fit a particular construct of how my walk or routine with God should be like.

Remember what I shared yesterday on “the perfect start”? (please check it out here) God really cares about our walk with Him and is committed to making our relationship with Him work. God bless you.




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