Created and Perfected in His Image

Isaiah 35:7

The parched ground will become a pool, and springs of water will satisfy the thirsty land.  Marsh grass and reeds and rushes will flourish where desert jackals once lived.

To have a vision is to see the completed work before it is even started.  Visionaries are able to see the completed work and to devise a plan to reach the desired end.  Almighty God is the essence of what any visionary would hope to be.  He knows the beginning and the end of all things on this earth.  He has every single element of the time line of earth and the people on it planned out to the smallest degree - in far greater detail than we could ever even imagine.

Once we receive Jesus Christ as Our Savior, Our Heavenly Father refuses to see us in any other light except in the image of His Son.  He had a vision for each of our lives before we were even born.  Being the perfect visionary that He is, He never fails in completing His work.  He always has the perfect plans that come to perfect completion.  He is never in a rush to complete His work - only to perfect His work.  We are His work.  We are His vision.  We were created in His image.  There is no other outcome that He would allow other than the perfect outcome that He has planned for us through His Son, Jesus Christ.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank You for creating us with perfect plans for our lives.  We thank You for Your patience as You take us through life's struggles in order to shape us according to Your perfect plans.  We thank You that Your hand never leaves us as we stray away from Your plans for our lives.  We pray, Father, that You will teach us to humbly accept the trials of our lives which are shaping us for our roles in Your kingdom.  We beseech You for the grace that we will need to have the patience and persistence required to allow us to be molded by your plans.  May we bring honor and glory to You, Father, by abandoning the folly of our own plans and choosing Your ways instead of our own.  We ask all these things in the name of the Refiner and Purifier, Jesus Christ.