This simple picture is child’s play – watercolors swirling across the page and snowflakes cut from folded paper. But the lesson learned from a snowflake is not so simple. Though every snowflake is the same, a six-sided crystal formed by freezing water, each one is also different. Since time began, all the snowflakes that have ever fallen, each one has been unique. I marvel at how an infinite variety can come from such limiting requirements – made only from water, designed with only six sides. What a wonderful testimony of God’s glory!
The Apostle Paul tells us in Ephesians 2:10 that “we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works…” In this verse, the Greek word “poiema” is translated as “workmanship”. As you can see from the spelling, it is similar to our English word “poem” and the meaning of the Greek word has some of that same flavor. Each and every believer in Christ Jesus becomes one of His unique poems as the Holy Spirit comes to indwell us.
Those who are “in Christ” are the handiwork of the Lord, all sharing an identical purpose – to do good works. Yet we are all uniquely gifted and given different deeds to perform. Just like the snowflake, our sameness has infinite variety and this too is testimony of our Creator’s majesty and glory – for we are His workmanship.