Prayer Focus-Character

JOHN SHIRK – In the Year of Focus, we take a look at the way that God shapes our character.

This is the prayer of Isaiah 64, verse 8: “Yet you, LORD, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand.”

God shapes His people by His blueprint. The clay needs to be soft if the potter is going to freely shape it. In a similar way, we need to be tender and teachable toward God if we are going to be molded according to His plan. That plan includes purity, holiness, and transformation into the image of Christ. This is how our faith shines brightly-when we reflect the grace and truth of Jesus to the world.

Ephesians 2:10 puts it this way: “We are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”

The way God shapes our character is worth examining for a faith-focused life.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com