(Sidenote: I wrote this about three years ago but decided to refresh it and use it as my entrance back into posting. It is one of my favorite pieces.)
There is something so thrilling about opening a new set of watercolors. Each color is beautiful, neatly in it’s own little oval, full of possibilities. It’s hard to add the water because you know that perfect little oval will forever be changed. Instead of it’s neat appearance suddenly it appears to be a mess. The thought of messing up those ovals causes some people to just close the set and wait until another time to use those beautiful paints. The sad thing is if water is never added then each of those precious ovals can only exist, useless in that closed box. There is no way the watercolor can be a part of the masterpiece that it was intended for unless the box is opened and water is added.
Our lives are much like that watercolor set. We feel we are perfect just the way we are and don’t want to change. We like our little ovals just the way they are. We don’t want to be messed with or to look messy to the world. We want to remain closed off to being used by our local church. We’re too busy we say. Someone else will do it we say. The problem is we were each given gifts for a time and a purpose. Just like that watercolor set has a purpose to paint a picture…we have a purpose in where we are in our life. It is only when we open the watercolor set of our heart and let the Living Waters flow over us that our true beauty gets to shine bright and vibrant. We were not meant to stay in our perfect little ovals never being used. God created each of us with amazing colors that have a place in His Beautiful Masterpiece. Instead of being afraid of the changes living for God requires we need to embrace them. Is it hard? Yes. Will there be pains and tears? Most definitely yes. Our Heavenly Father promises that He will care for us and wipe away all our tears though.
Revelation 7:17 – “For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.”
So beloved one do not be afraid of His Living Waters flowing over your watercolors. God is there to take away that fear from you. To give you an abundant and eternal life in Him. I would encourage you today to open the watercolors of your heart and let God use you in His Beautiful Masterpiece. True you will never be the same. True you may appear different to the world. True dipping the water in that first color is hard. However I promise once you see how important your watercolors are in the Painter’s Masterpiece you will wonder why you waited so long to dip in!
Prayer: Lord, please forgive me for keeping my watercolor box closed. I ask you today to use my watercolors for your purpose. Flow over me your Living Waters. I want to be a part of your Beautiful Masterpiece! In Jesus’ Precious Name I Pray. Amen.