THE BEST FORM OF LIFE!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

SATURDAY OCTOBER 21, 2023.

SUBJECT: THE BEST FORM OF LIFE!

Memory verse: "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations." (Jeremiah 1 vs 5.)

READ: Psalm 139 vs 13 - 17:

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 is 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 unformed. And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them.

139:17: How precious are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!

INTIMATION:

The best of life is living in accordance with God’s purpose for your life. God has something specific in mind for you. He has a divine design for your life. He designed you for a unique purpose, something super special, something you alone is planned and designed to accomplish, something above and beyond your ability to think or imagine. God knows you long before you were born or even conceived. He thought about you and planned for you. God has a specific purpose for every of His children. And discovering the purpose that purpose requires your thirsting for it, and fellowshipping with Him in faith. 

Instances abound in the Bible for God's appointment for some of His children. A few examples are mentioned below. The Scripture in Judges 13 vs 3 - 5, says this about Samson, "And the Angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, "Indeed now you are barren and have borne no children, but you shall conceive and bear a son. Now therefore, please be careful not to drink wine or similar drink, and not to eat anything unclean. For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. And no razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines." 

In Luke 1 vs 13 - 17, the Bible says this about John the Baptist, “But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear a son, and you shall call his name John. And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth. For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb. And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

The apostle Paul, in Galatians 1 vs 15 - 16, says about himself, "But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb and called me through His grace, to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles....." 

God knows you intimately as well, and He chose you to be His, even before you were born. He wants you to draw closer to Him and to fulfill the purpose He has for your life. You are appointed for specific kinds of work, just as Jeremiah, Samson, John the Baptist, and the apostle Paul. That same God who has created you for a specific purpose will reveal it to you at His own time, and in His own way, if you thirst for it, and draw closer to Him in fellowship. He will also equip you to accomplish the task. And whatever work you do should be done for the glory of God. 

God is our Creator. He made each one of us an original masterpiece. He loves what He made, and made it for His purpose: not for our purposes. Never be tempted to dislike what God made, because if you do, you will not discover His purpose for creating you. Many people wish to be someone else. Consequently, they dislike themselves, and wished to lead very different lives than what they live. Stop trying to become a cheap copy of someone you were never intended to be. Love yourself, and seek to discover God's purpose in your life. It is only in doing so, you will lead the life God intended for you, and assuredly please God. And the life that pleasing to God is the best form of life.

Prayer: Abba Father, I thank You for I am fearfully and wonderfully made for Your predetermined purpose. My utmost heart desire is to discover Your purpose for creating me, and serving to accomplish the purpose to please You and live the best of life, in Jesus, Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!