“When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.’” – Mark 5:27-8.
Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel was born in Breslau, Germany, in 1815 and died in Berlin in 1905. In between those dates, he became renowned for his fine paintings. At 18, he published his first work, a group of lithographs called An Artist’s Wanderings. It immediately attracted attention and Menzel was quickly catapulted to fame.
In the Berlin art gallery hangs a painting by Menzel of Frederick the Great talking to his generals. But in the center of the picture, there is a small, bare patch. The work is obviously unfinished. A faint charcoal outline indicates the artist’s intentions. He had skillfully and tediously painted in each general in his uniform, but he had left the king till the last. Perhaps he thought he wasn’t ready to portray the king in this crowning work of his life. He wanted it to be just perfect. But Menzel died before he was able to finish.
Isn’t that like so many people today? They put in all the generals and leave the King to the last, with good intentions that grow fainter every day.
When we seek God first, nothing is impossible. Today in prayer, thank the Lord you have found Him and seek that He may be glorified in your life.
“The turning point in our lives is when we stop seeking the God we want and start seeking the God who is.” – Patrick Morley
God’s Word: “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” – Jeremiah 29:13. (Peter Kennedy)
