We are in the third week of our series called Artisans at The Table.
Outline of Artisans at The Table
September 7 Soul based on Genesis 2.7 & Exodus 2.1-15
September 14 Voice based on Genesis 3:1-11a
September 21 Image & Craft based on Matthew 3.13-17
September 28 Masterpiece: A New Humanity based on John 2.1-11
In this week’s reading we encounter Jesus presenting himself at the River Jordan for Baptism. What voices might Jesus have been hearing as he walked toward the River Jordan to be baptized?
Read Matthew 3.13-17. Jesus is God’s creation and created in the image of God. In this story of Jesus’ baptism we hear that God is well pleased with Jesus.
In his book The Artisan Soul: Crafting your Life into a Work of Art, Erwin McManus writes, “The colors we use to paint our own lives splash all over the souls of those who are close to us.” (The Artisan Soul, 151). The colors of Jesus’ life splashed all over the people closest to him. What colors do you imagine Jesus splashed? What colors has Jesus splashed on you?
Erwin McManus continues, “It is easier to believe that creative people are simply different rather than to believe they are the same but choose to live differently” (The Artisan Soul, 151).
How might this worship series be calling you to choose to live differently?