Because you are created of God
and born of God you are anointed, appointed and equipped to excel in every area
of your life. In whatever state you are in you are perfect because you were
created in the image and likeness of almighty God.
Oftentimes we say things like
if I had this, or if I had that things would be different. Although most of us
would say if I could lose wait I would do this or that, believe it or not some
people say if I could gain weight I could do this or that. We say if we had
more money we would tithe, or be able to give more. But what about doing what
you can with what you have, or being who you can be with who you currently are?
God equipped us with
everything we needed before we were born.
Before I formed thee in the
belly I knew thee, God said to Jeremiah. Those same words that were spoken to
Jeremiah ring true for you and I. Before God formed us, notice God said before
He formed us, He knew us.
Wow! That just does something
to me. God formed us. He didn’t say before your parents formed you or came
together and created you. He said before I formed you. Think about that for a
minute. We were formed by almighty God. The God that created the world by
speaking it into existence is the same God that formed you and me. God doesn’t
make mistakes, nor does He create anything to fail.
He knew everything you would
do, He knew everything you would say, the good, the bad, the ugly, the illegal,
the immoral, yet He still chose to form you. He still chose to give you life,
and as a bonus, if you choose, because it is your choice, if you choose to
accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior He will give you eternal life with
Him.
The word form can be defined
as arrange, organize, shape, fashion, place in order, or produce. God prepared
the life He predestined for you even before you were born. He arranged,
organized, shaped, fashioned you, placed things in order and produced you
specifically for His purpose. God formed each of us for a specific purpose.
Along our journey we will face pitfalls. We will experience joy and pain. We
may be placed in positions we would never imagine and could not imagine we would
ever survive, but we do survive, by the grace of God we survive.
We will feel and may even be
persecuted, talked about, ridiculed, misunderstood, judged. We may lose jobs,
finances, be riddled with sickness or disease. God forbid, we may lose a member
of our family. Yet as difficult as it may seem to believe we read in 1
Corinthians 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to
man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye
are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape,
that ye may be able to bear it.
What is the way of escape? I
believe it’s trusting in God and His ability to remedy any situation according
to His purpose, even if His remedy is not the remedy we would choose.
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