YOU ARE WONDERFULLY MADE!

EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

TUESDAY JUNE 30, 2020.

SUBJECT: YOU ARE WONDERFULLY MADE!

Memory verse: “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them." (Ephesians 2 vs 10.) 

READ: Psalm 139 vs 13 - 16:

139:13: For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb.

139:14: I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well. 

139:15: My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth, 

139:16: Your eyes saw my substance, being yet formed. And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them.

INTIMATION:

We were all made and shaped to serve God’s predetermined purposes. God endowed every creature on this planet with a special area of expertise. Some animals run, some hop, some swim, some burrow, some crawl, and some fly. Each has a particular role to play, based on the way they are made and the shaped by God. The same is true with humans. Each of us is uniquely designed, or "shaped," to do certain things. God deliberately shaped and formed you to serve Him in a way that makes your ministry unique. The psalmist, David, in Psalm 139, praised God for this incredible personal attention to detail. God never makes mistake, and consequently He is perfect in all His doings. Therefore, do not shortchange yourself.

Everything about you is fashioned by God at creation for His purpose. They are all known to Him and recorded in His books. Before God created you, He decided what role He wanted you to play on earth. He planned exactly how He wanted you to serve Him. And then He shaped you for those tasks. You are the way you are because you were made for a specific ministry. You are God's handcrafted work of art. You are not an assembly-line product, mass produced without thought. You are a custom-designed, one-of-a-kind, original masterpiece. Therefore, don’t try to change your looks nor wish you are another person for God made and shaped you the way you are for His special predetermined purposes. 

The apostle Paul, in Ephesians 1 vs 11, says, "In Him also we have obtained an inheritance; being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will." Not only did God shape you before your birth, He planned every day of your life to support His shaping process. David, the psalmist, further said, "And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them." Every day of our lives are recorded in God's book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. This means that nothing that happens in your life is insignificant. God uses all of it to mold you for your ministry to others and shape you for your service to Him. 

God never waste anything. He would not give you abilities, interests, talents, gifts, personality, and life experiences unless He intended to use them for His glory. By identifying and understanding these factors you can discover God's will for your life. The Bible says you are "fearfully and wonderfully made," and acknowledged "how marvelous are the works." You are a combination of many different factors, all put together for God's purposes. The Bible, in Romans 8 vs 28, says, "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.” 

God works in "all things," not just in isolated incidents, for our good. It is noteworthy that not all incidents that are good, but God turns every circumstance around for your long-range good. We often cannot see the good that comes from immediate shape, trials, suffering, style God has bestowed on us. The good God brings is within our lifetime, and also, He views things from eternal perspective. The final good of God will come with the reward of eternal heaven. Though there is good that comes from God in our lifetime, there is the final good of glory that will come after the end of this world when the final calling of Christians out of this world will occur. The finality of things, therefore, will end for good for the Christian when he or she is called out of this world into eternal glory.

Prayer: Abba Father, thank You for I am wonderfully made, and perfect in Your site, and is Your opinion that matters. Engrace me to serve earnestly and effectively in the shape and style You made me according to Your predetermined purposes, in Jesus’ Name I prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!