God's Chisel

It was easy to share this video but I gotta admit it was hard for me to start writing anything about it. It just talks about many bible principles that my limited writing skills may not give it justice.

So instead, I just thought of writing about how this video ministered to me.

For quite some time now, I find myself wanting to be a better person, either by accomplishments, or just plainly for being known as someone who is kind and nice. Parang, there is this person I am called and I want to be.

In a nut shell, this video is about God chiselling us into the masterpiece he created us to be, removing stuff that are not supposed to be there. I am comforted to have been reminded na hindi lang pala ako ito, that God is also part of the work, molding me into that person He wants me to be.

The video was right when it said that I care deeply about what other people think of me. Compliments and insults will be thrown my way but the only approval I should be aiming for is God's. And while I am so focused on my bait-baitan pa-image, circumstances in my life would just push me to show the opposite. Ang hirap maging peacemaker kung pino-provoke ka. Ang hirap maging thankful kapag may setback ka. But slowly, I'm learning to accept that God allows some circumstances in my life to produce character.

So who do I want to be? Eto medyo hardcore but it gives so much clarity to all the confusion: we want to look good, we want a good name, we want to be the best that we can be. But God will chisel away until when people look at us, they see Jesus and not us.