“This is my prayer, that your love may overflow more and more with knowledge and full in sight to help you to determine what is best, so that in the day of CHrist you may be pure and blameless, having produced the harvest of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ for the glory and praise of God.” Philippians 1:9-11
Being remade in Christ’s likeness is our ultimate hope. It’s a goal worthy only of God, the creator of the universe: to make us into vessels of love, peace, and compassion. When shopping, cleaning, planning, or worrying preoccupies us, we forget to leave space for God. When we find ourselves frazzled by chaos, filled with anger or anxiety, we can stop, turn, and look at God. When, in the midst of daily tasks and responsibilities, I search for the ways God is present, I am keeping my eyes on God. When I look for God in each person I meet, in each situation I encounter, I am more open to God’s Spirit working in me, shaping me into a vessel of God’s peace. Keeping my eyes on God helps me stay open to God’s transforming power and allows God to remake me into Christ’s likeness. I can then become Christ’s heart, mind, and hands in the world.
-The Uncluttered Heart, Beth A.Richardson
Action: Every time worry, anger, hurt or frustration comes into your mind today simply pray “Eyes on you, God”.
Prayer: Loving God, help me keep my eyes on you, that following you, I may be remade into your likeness, a vessel of your love, peace, and compassion. Amen.