We are His Jewels
I make jewelry as
a hobby and as I was putting some things together, I thought about what it
means to adorn ourselves with jewels and how it relates to adorning ourselves
with Jesus. I thought about the process of
making a jewel to completion from the very beginning to the end and all that
must be accomplished to get to that beautiful art piece that adorns us. So, let’s
start from the beginning…
The center of the
jewel is the stone and everything else is built around it:
A jewel must be found and dug up from the
earth. It is rough looking, like any ordinary stone and is similar to the state
in which the Lord finds us
(Matt 18:11 , For
the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost)NKJV
After
finding the stone it must be cleaned which is similar to the Lord purifying us.
(Titus 2:13, 14 Looking for that blessed hope, and the
glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave
himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto
himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works)KJV,
(Isa 48:10a Behold, I have refined thee)KJV
Then
the stone must be polished which is the starting point to building the art
piece. The Lord starts building His art piece by giving us His spirit
(1Cor 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit
of the world, but the spirit which is from God; that we might know the
things that are freely given to us of God)ASV.
And
then He molds us.
(Isaiah 64:8 But now, O Lord, You are
our Father; We are
the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand.)NKJV
And
then He adds other elements to enhance the beauty of His jewel
The
first element is to put on Christ
(Gal 3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized
into Christ have put on Christ.)NKJV
Then
allow Christ to change our hearts,
(1 Peter 3:3,4
Do not let your adornment be merely
outward--arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel rather let it be the hidden
person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty
of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God)NKJV,
and that change transforms the outward
appearance
(Job 11:17 And your life shall be brighter than
noonday; you shall shine forth, you shall be as the morning.)NKJV, (Mat 5:16 Let your light so shine
before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is
in heaven.)NKJV,(1 Samuel 16:7b For the Lord
does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the
heart.")NKJV
After
all the elements are added to the art piece it is glorious and is made perfect
by His hand just as we are made perfect in Christ.
(Matthew 5:48
Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect).NKJV
It is the Lords
gift to us of His Jewel His Son Jesus
(Matthew 7:11b how much more
will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!)NKJV
(1 Cor 12:31 But earnestly desire the best gifts:
and yet I show you a more excellent way.)NKJV
And we are the
Lords Jewels.
(Mal 3:17 “They shall be mine” says the LORD of
hosts, “On the day that I make them my jewels;)NKJV.
Blessings,
Julia
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Julia,
This is absolutely beautiful! I love the parallelism. It is perfect. Thank you, for the uplifting reminder of how much we are loved and cared for. If we open our hearts, we will be gloriously refined and burnished for His glory.
Julia, thanks so much for this devotion and welcome to the blog team. You've chosen such wonderful verses. I need to go back and read it all again.
Great post! My name being Crystal I think about this a lot. :)
Very interesting. I should wright a blog on how pottery relates to the verse 'we are the clay he is the potter."
Perfect verse - Perfect Lord!
♥♥♥
Sue
Beautiful analogy - find it interesting that your named Jewel (Julia) too.
Wow! That is very powerful! I had never thought about that before. I do remember though a song we sang as children: When He cometh, when He cometh, to take up His jewels, precious jewels, precious jewels, His loved and His own.
Great post! I feel like I've had more than my share lately!