We are paper mache.
Paper mache, French for “chewed paper,” a kid crafting staple, is most often made of strips of paper draped over some type of a form, then saturated and pasted together with a wet adhesive. Once the adhesive dries the strips of paper harden together in the shape of whatever form they were draped over.
As we continue listening to God through his prophet Malachi this Sunday, we are once again listening in on a tough conversation. God as a loving father is confronting his people because they have drifted away from him and put themselves in great danger. God knows that his people will be shaped by what they honor most, by what they worship. In love God reveals to them that they have not draped their lives over him, choosing instead lesser and distorted things that are now forming the shape of their lives.
God shows them that they have drifted from him and he gives them a concrete and specific way to return.
What shape is your life taking? It will take on the form of whatever you have draped your life over, whatever you honor most.
We are paper mache.
For worship this Sunday come ready to hear from God and to be formed in his image.
Pastor David
