Work in Progress

For we are His workmanship [His own master work, a work of art], created in Christ Jesus [reborn from above--spiritually transformed, renewed, ready to be used] for good works, which God prepared [for us] beforehand [taking paths which He set], so that we would walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us].
EPHESIANS 2:10 AMP

God declares me as his workmanship, a work in progress. Never completed, never finished, but always in progress, perfection in waiting. I read this extract and I see the past, present and future summarized in one verse.

At the time I was physically born, the bible records I was born in sin. Sin is the nature of all human beings, yet, long before I was born, the price of my sin was fully paid. God's original plan and purpose, which sin could not destroy, was already in place long before I existed physically. I was designed for good works by a good God, who had put in place every good required for me to represent him.

Accepting Christ activates the plan. All I was created to be comes to active manifestation upon that decision. Every man has a purpose, but in Christ, its fullness is made manifest. Everything in my past and present is a tool in the hands of a God who keeps his eye on the future. Nothing in my past is in vain; nothing I have endured so far is a waste. If I know that God's plan is absolute, then I can rest assured that he is able to bring my past and present to be exactly like his plan for my life. I may not understand it fully now, but I place my trust in a God who says he's always working on and in me, so that I may look like him and represent him in all I do.

Is my life available for God to use as he pleases? Am I a work in progress, or I see myself as the finished article, therefore with no need for further work? Have I arrived, or do I acknowledge my total and absolute dependence on the only One who can help me truly live the life I was created to live? His time of favour is here.