What is God's Masterpiece in Ephesians 2:10?

A beautiful Arizona sunset. I liked the way the palms
 were silhouetted against the sky

 "For we are His masterpiece, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand in order that we would walk in them."  What do you know about this masterpiece?  Probably apart from this Life Study of Ephesians, I wouldn't know very much.  Last week while I was still in Arizona I read Message 21 which covers Ephesians 2:4-10.

     In the first part of Ephesians 2 Paul reviews what the believers were before their salvation--dead in offenses and sins (2:1), walking according to the world as sons of disobedience (2:2), and children of wrath (2:3). Not a very good picture compared to the high truths presented in chapter 1!  I found it very helpful when Witness Lee shares in message 22 that in chapter 2 we see what we've been saved out of to be God's masterpiece (Life Study of Ephesians, Page 196).

I liked this explanation in Message 21 of what God's masterpiece actually is:  We, the church, the masterpiece of God's work, are the highest poetry, expressing God's infinite wisdom and divine design. God has made many things, but none of them is as dear, precious, valuable, and desirable as the church.  The church is God's masterpiece...God created the heavens and the earth, but neither the heavens nor the earth is God's masterpiece. Likewise, God created man, but not even man is God's masterpiece.  Only one item of God's work in this universe is His masterpiece, and this masterpiece is the church...His greatest workmanship is the working of Himself into man and the constituting of man into oneness with Himself to produce the church" (Page 186-187).

I'm always amazed when I read or hear something like this.  I've watched documentaries on the earth like Privileged Planet. These programs show how vast the universe is and that scientists are still studying it.  But that's still not God's masterpiece.  What I saw from this message is that Paul shows us that God's greatest workmanship is what He's doing in us not outside of us!

Other blog posts on the Life Study of Ephesians:

What is the Subject of Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians?

What is the Mystery of God's Will Revealed in Ephesians 1:9?

How Does the Spirit Seal us in Ephesians 1:13-14?

What is the Surpassing Greatness of His Power in Ephesians 1:19?