“God knew what he was doing from the very beginning. He decided from the outset to shape the lives of those who love him along the same lines as the life of his Son …. We see the original and intended shape of our lives there in him.” Romans 8:29 (Msg)
The original intended shape of our lives is found in surrendering to God. God knows exactly how to form us for this life and the next. He uses faith, hope, love, blessing, testing, trouble, pain and sin… just to name a few divine shaping tools. So many times we are trying to make something of our lives. We try desperately to live into our desires, dreams and intended outcomes only to find when we get there that it wasn’t exactly what it promised to be… no God-shape at all. We are never more content than when we live in concert with God’s brilliant design for our lives. We are never more at peace than when we co-create with the One who loves us. God has plans, we have choices, and when our choices honor God we will find what we have been looking for– lives shaped in the image of Christ for the blessing of the world.
