Fits Like a Glove

 

This week at school our campus pastor used a glove as a visual aid. It got me thinking, then musing, which led to writing. That's usually how it works for me. There are many types of gloves. They are all made and tailored to fit their use. There are protective gloves like disposable medical gloves and leather work gloves. There are gloves for the various sports. Sign language interpreters, traffic cops, and ushers often use white glove so that the signals they each give are more readily seen. Then there are gloves just for show.

A glove is really a good example of our lives. Each of us have different talents that we use throughout our lives as we relate to those around us. Gloves are nice and all, but they can’t really do anything on their own. They need a force on the inside guiding it. And just like the glove, we are of no use unless we are, well, also being used. The glove is best used when it is correctly fitted to the user.

The important thing is who is doing the controlling. Put a baseball glove in my hand, and it becomes amateur night. Put the glove on Paul Goldschmidt, and first base is covered. (He was one of my favorites when he played for the D-Backs.) We all have at least one strength. Some of us may even represent multiple gloves. We can try to do it all ourselves (and fail miserably) or we can allow God to fill us and direct our lives.

Ephesians 2:10 says, For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Each of us are created with talents (gloves) for the projects God has for us. He already has them waiting for us. He know the plan. He knows the curves and blind spots. He will guide and empower us. All we have to do is look for them, and be willing to let God “wear the glove”.