I was reading earlier this morning a little devotional Book about prayer. Mostly taken from the works of godly E. M. Bounds, if I remember correctly.

One day’s thought was “God’s Factory on Earth.”

This title line fertilized my thinking …

Yes, our great God is Creator, Carpenter, Manufacturer! Genesis 1:1 is absolutely true … “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”

But God also “builds” souls! He makes “new creatures,” creations!

And once a man or woman is saved, God does not quit “working” in his or her life.

Philippians 2:13 succinctly explains: “For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.”

That verb “worketh” is in Greek “energe’o,” a factory word! God using His Energy to “build” into our lives His very Character!

Maybe Ephesians 2:10 says it best: “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” His “workmanship,” His craftmanship, His “POEM,” literally in Greek!

Yes, Poets build poems, using words as timber and stone!

My job in the factory?

Simply to “yield” to His Mighty Hand. “Obey” the nudges of the Holy Spirit. “Focus” on Jesus the very Author and Finisher of our faith!

Add to that much prayer … maybe even using the words of the hymnwriter:

“Have Thine Own Way, Lord!”

“Thou art the Potter!”

“I am the clay!”

“Mold me and make me!”

“After Thy Will”

“While I am waiting”

“Yielded and Still!”

God’s Factory on earth … YOU and ME dear Christian friend!

— Dr. Mike Bagwell

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