MESSY THREADS TO CROWN OF GLORY

Philippians 1:6 (Nlt) And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.

I’ve just finished a lovely 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle which has kept me quiet for a couple of days! It’s not till the last piece goes in that we have a sense of satisfaction and see the full picture and think it’s a job well done.😊

Life is a bit like that too. We go through each experience, some so lovely, and some so hard, but they are all like pieces in the jigsaw of our lives and each piece is important or the rest won’t make any sense or come together. And it’s no good trying to fit a piece where it’s not intended to be, it just doesn’t work does it? Similarly God has a place for each one of us where we will fit in too.

It’s only God who has the whole picture and it’s as we trust Him to fit each piece in to our lives that we can know He’s going to stand back and see that it was a job well done then too. Our verse reminds us that what God has started He will complete. It won’t be left half finished with any bits missing!

Corrie Ten Boom said ‘Although the threads of my life have often seemed knotted, I know, by faith, that on the other side of the embroidery…there is a Crown.’ As she turned her embroidery of tangled threads over she would show the beautiful finished picture of a golden crown.

She was saying that life is like an embroidered quilt and while God is working on it, all we can see are the messy, tangled strands of cotton on the back which we may find hard to make any sense out of at the time. It’s not till He turns it over that we’ll see the beautiful picture that He’s been forming. We are the quilt that God is working on, and the finished picture is our crown of glory.

So be encouraged today, if anyone feels like all you can see is the tangled strands of threads, remember God has the whole picture and He’s not finished with us yet. We are all still a work in progress and we can relax knowing whenever He makes something, it’s always good. It will be a crown of glory.😊 Praise God and thank You Lord Jesus.

1 Peter 5:4 (Nlt) And when the Great Shepherd appears, you will receive a crown of never-ending glory and honour.