Favorite Raw Materials

Which would you choose to work with…

Something old and broken?

Or something new and functional?

For some reason, God’s favorite raw materials are chaotic and dark, old and broken.

When the earth was without form and darkness covered everything, the Spirit of God hovered over it and said, “Let there be light.”

God takes darkness and makes light.

He chooses chaos and brings order.

God selects the broken and makes them whole.

He takes the old and makes them new.

Jesus said, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the oppressed will be free, and that the time of the Lord’s favor has come.” (Luke 4.18, 19 NLT)

God is drawn to the poor, the captive, the blind and the oppressed.

This is Good News for those of us who aren’t perfect.

This is Good News for our marriages, for our families and for our church.

God chooses raw materials that are chaotic and dark, old and broken.

And He makes all things new (Revelation 21.5).