Early in the last century, sculptor Gutzon Borglum gazed at the cliffs of South Dakota’s Black Hills.

As any great artist would, he saw what no one else could: the sculpted faces of US presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt.

After 14 years, he finally completed his project—Mount Rushmore.

How in the world did Borglum foresee such a work of art by looking at a cliff? He envisioned what those Black Hills could become.

God is envisioning what we are to become in Him. But in order for the Him to make a beautiful monument of us, we must allow ourselves to be moldable.

He wants to mold us into the image He desires—His own. He wants to chip away at our rough edges and make us into a fine work of art, that all who see us will be awed and enriched.

In the hands of a great artist, we can be created into incredible works of art that survive the ages, even after we have passed through this life into the next!

Let’s become moldable in the Father’s hands and make Him proud to show off what He’s created!

But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. Isaiah 64:8

–by George Whitten