The Master Artist

It is said that Michelangelo started sculpting at least forty-four great statues in solid marble. But to our knowledge, he only finished fourteen of them, such as the enormous statue of David in Florence, Italy, the Pieta in Rome's basilica, and his monumental Moses. I have gazed in awe at those renowned chefs-d'ceuvre.

Just think. At least thirty great works of art which were conceived and partially sculptured by the great master artist, were left unfinished. (Fortunately, the huge chunks of partially worked marble are preserved in an Italian museum.)

Some show only a hand or a leg or an elbow and shoulder or a foot with toes. The total design in the great master artist's mind was never executed. The rest of the body remains frozen in sold marble, locked up forever, never to be formed into the great Michelangelo's total design.

For some reason God who formed you in His likeness, has purposed that this shall not be your case. He has marked you and caused this book to come into your hands because he has purposed that you are one of His best, and He wills that you discover the principle of your value.

You Are God's Best

The material in you is the best. You are redeemed. The full price has been paid. you are pure marble, a pure human person designed and created by God, in His own image, with absolutely unlimited potential existing inside of you. It is all there. God sees in you the wonder and marvel that he envisaged when He formed you in His likeness.

The Master Sculptor is reaching out to you, through this book, to touch you with His miracle power, to make you a full, wonderful and perfect expression for Him to reveal His power through. All of His value is in you. The only way His full potential in you will not be developed is if you fail to see your value and position with Him. He is the Master Sculptor. You are His material. When you demean yourself, condemn and negate yourself, you are the one who limits what the Master can produce in you.

When you say YES, He is released in you to develop your finest potential.

When you say NO, I am not worthy, I am no good, I am incapable, I am inferior, you tie the Master's hands and your life is like one of those unfinished chunks of marble left by Michelangelo with only a head or leg or arm completed. Grasp God's viewpoint. Yield to His full development. Believe in the full potential of God at work in you. You are His best.

Tragedy or Triumph

The greatest tragedy in your life would be for you to live and die and never come out of yourself-to never realize the possibilities hidden within you. Discover this principle and resolve that such shall never be the case in your life.

The greatest triumph in life is to discover yourself in Christ, to discover the rich, full happy life He created you for, then develop that unlimited life by sowing it in others and reaping God's abundant lifestyle of total peace, happiness, success and fulfillment.

From "You Are God's Best" by T.L. Osborn