I recently read a devotion by Liz Hetzel called “shape.” She relates that because she was a professional Rollerblader that her leg has taken on the shape of her boot. She says, “My ankle is skinny, but just above that my leg curves out like a ballon . . . . [because I] have skated so much, for so long, . . . my leg has permanently shaped to the curve of my Rollerblade boot.”
I think about our world today, the number of people who want to get in “shape,” and who spend lots of dollars and time to achieve this goal. Then I think about all those who blame the “shape” of their current life to the struggles of their youth, the neglect of their parents, or any number of circumstances that were not in their control. Then there are those who take full credit for the successful "shape" of their lives.
I am not discouraging us to get in shape, nor am I minimizing the effects our prior experiences have on us as adults, or our part in our achievements. However, as Liz states in her devotion, our focus should be on another shaping.
She concludes by saying, “I truly hope that, in the same way my boot has shaped my leg, Christ is shaping my heart. I hope I have worn His love so much, for so long, that my heart looks transformed. I hope that my heart looks like Him in the way I show love, grace, and mercy.”
Yet you, Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand. (Isaiah 64:8)
Let us allow the Potter to do His work and shape us into the Christlike people He desires us to be.
I think about our world today, the number of people who want to get in “shape,” and who spend lots of dollars and time to achieve this goal. Then I think about all those who blame the “shape” of their current life to the struggles of their youth, the neglect of their parents, or any number of circumstances that were not in their control. Then there are those who take full credit for the successful "shape" of their lives.
I am not discouraging us to get in shape, nor am I minimizing the effects our prior experiences have on us as adults, or our part in our achievements. However, as Liz states in her devotion, our focus should be on another shaping.
She concludes by saying, “I truly hope that, in the same way my boot has shaped my leg, Christ is shaping my heart. I hope I have worn His love so much, for so long, that my heart looks transformed. I hope that my heart looks like Him in the way I show love, grace, and mercy.”
Yet you, Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand. (Isaiah 64:8)
Let us allow the Potter to do His work and shape us into the Christlike people He desires us to be.
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