This picture is something that might not look like anything, it might look like a mess, and it might look just like colors that are meshed together!! But that’s not it, there is more to it than that because this picture has a message, this picture has a meaning, and this picture speaks to me in a specific way! I look at these colors and I wonder why did the picture come like this, what was the purpose for the picture to come this way, and is it possible that there are times in our lives that we all are like this picture because we have our own uniqueness, we have our own qualities, and we have our own unique path that is just for us!?!?
When it comes to sports drinks there has been a competition between two companies: “Gatorade and Powerade”. Some people prefer Gatorade and others prefer Powerade, when you taste either some have there own personal preference to these specific sports drinks. The thing about it is… Gatorade has their own science, their own labels, their own studies and test on how their drink is made and that’s the same way it is for Powerade! Athletes have endorsed both, but you’ll never see Gatorade try to be Powerade, and you’ll never see Powerade trying to be Gatorade. That’s not what they are designed to do, they are crafted to be their thing, their own flavor, and their unique drink which will bring those who like it to it because it is it’s own entity.
I think about that with this photo, and I think about that with how the Lord has made us! Haven’t you been able to look at what you have, who you are, and the things God has done for you which should show you that you have a specific and unique design, pattern, and path that the Lord has given to you specifically! Everybody doesn’t have the same design, everybody doesn’t have the same frame, everybody doesn’t have the same picture, and most certainly everybody doesn’t have the same colors!!! That’s the thing about the painter and the picture it is always different!!
There are times in our lives… that we have to stop trying to fit into everybody’s expectations! There is something that you have to offer, that you have to give, and that you have to live within your own self!! Many times people mess up their portrait because they are trying to use somebody’s else’s vision, that’s not what it is about it is about using the vision that the Lord has for you and letting the Lord give you the proper vision for your life! It’s your life, only because the Lord is the one that is giving it and God always gives each of us… our own paint, our own sheet, and our brushes!!
What I like about this picture is that it has a select few colors! You see that in most drawings, and in most paintings there is always only a select number of colors that are being used. God does that for us, the Lord always gives us our own unique colors and brushes because we all can’t paint the same, we all can’t live the same, we all can’t speak the same, we all can’t think the same, we all can’t really be the same, and even our relationships with God aren’t the same that’s why the Lord allows and lets us paint and look at things differently!
You know we all have various ideas, we can brainstorm, we can think, and we can write our ideas out within a group but at the end of the day it’s about what is going to fit you! Look at the picture again, I guarantee somebody will say that I would have done a different shape, used one color more than another color, or has deeper or even lighter strokes but see that’s your vision for you, but that’s not what fits here! What fits you, what doesn’t fit you, and what are you trying to make fit that you know isn’t going to fit!?!? That’s what happens as I see this, as I see myself, and hopefully as you see yourself that you’ll get to a place where you will begin to acknowledge what fits and what doesn’t fit and when you do… than you are really ready to live and paint!
Are you ready to paint!?!? Then start…. but don’t let those who don’t know you make you change your vision! You know even those that are closest to us, there will be times that even though don’t see what we see and what God sees! We have to stop trying to make people see what they don’t need to see or understand, because what they have made has been what they have done not me! There will always be somebody trying to add the wrong color to your formation, there will always be something that tries to paint over and takeover, and there will always be something that tries to push your vision out of the way!! But don’t entertain it, don’t let it bully you, don’t let it affect you, and don’t let it stop you!!
Do you see it!?!? Do you see what you can make when you paint with your colors!?!? Do you see what you can overcome!?!? Do you see what you can be!?!? Do you see what is possible!?!? I would hope that you have seen it by now, I pray that you see it, I want you to see it because it is talking to you!!! There are colors and a picture that is talking to you, that brush is talking to you and trying to tell you it’s time to paint! It’s time to paint, it’s time to stop trying to be something you’re not, it’s time to stop not trying to face some stuff but it’s time to let it go, it’s time to break free and break away from those unnecessary strongholds yes it is!! You have a picture that needs to be painted and that needs to be displayed!!!
Another thing about this picture that speaks out to me is…. the whole sheet isn’t painted or covered in colors!!! There are still some white spots, and there are still some places that can be added it’s some colors! That’s how the Lord works, because God can and will always add to us and add something that’s even greater to our lives! God will always give us a good start, God will always give us a great start, God will always give us a great chapter/chapters that’s how good the Lord is! Yet, don’t stop there and don’t let that be the end of the story because the Lord can always add more to the story, the Lord can always add more to you, the Lord can always do more, the Lord can always grant more, the Lord can always bless more, and the Lord can alway elevate and favor more yes it can because the Lord has that type of power.
God can and always will do more but do you want more! Are you okay with just a good picture, but you can see that there is more potential and you can have a magnificent picture!?!? That’s what I want is that magnificent picture, I want all that God wants for me, I want God to add more to me, I want God to do more for me, I want God to continue to bless me, and to continue to wake many ways for me!!! That’s what I want is for the Lord to continue to make ways for me, make things happen for me, make me want things to happen for me, and make me follow His plan always so that I never miss out on what is going to be beneficial to me!
I’m a major sports fans, and I love to watch game clinching games and seeing teams clinch the championships for their respective teams and leagues. One thing about it is… every sport has its own unique Championship trophy whether it is the – Larry O’Brien trophy, Stanley Cup, Vince Lombardi trophy, World Series trophy, or College Sports trophies they all look differently. The goal is to win, and when that team wins then they will hoist up that trophy because it celebrates the championship that they have won, the hard work they put in, and because they won they raised the trophy! Yet I like to see the various trophies, because they can’t have the same trophies but they have something that distances themselves from another league!
As you and I go through this life, that’s the important thing that as we grow and even when grow with other people don’t ever lose you! There is still something special and cool about you, that is specifically you and that’s how the Lord has made you so embrace that and never change that but keep that the main thing letting the Lord continue to bless you, letting the Lord continue to make you happy, letting the Lord continue to make you have peace, and letting the Lord ccontinue to give you that thing that makes you glad to be who you are! Be your own picture, be your own person, and go in your path that is led by the Lord that will make you glad and thankful for who you are!
Jeremiah 33:3 NASB
[3] ‘Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’
Words From GCB 