Today, as we continue “Wonderfully Complex” we want to stay...

  ...on this journey of recognizing God’s unique print upon us and our willingness to find our distinctiveness in God. We want to look for defining moments. Psalm 139:14 (NLT) “Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.”

1. We must recognize those defining moments which reveal our destinies. Batterson – “Time may be measured in minutes, but life is measured in moments. And some moments are bigger than life. And it’s those defining moments that dictate the way we see life.” Some of these moments may be as predictable as a wedding day or the birth of a child. Others may be as unpredictable as an accident. These are the moments that define who we are. And managing those memories is a form of stewardship. Every past experience is preparation for some future opportunity.  

2. We must understand what our soul print is. Think about this...your finger print distinctly identifies and differentiates you from everyone else who has ever lived, but your finger print is only skin deep. Batterson -  “You possess a uniqueness that is soul deep. I call it your soul print. It’s not just who you are, present tense. It’s who you are destined to become, future tense. It’s not just who others see when they look at you from the outside in. It’s who God has destined you to become from the inside out.”  Psalm 139:16 (NIV) “All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” As with the Psalmist all your days are ordained by God. It is our holy responsibility to discover that God ordained destiny. Ephesians 2:10 (NLT) “For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.”

3. We must believe that we were conceived by God before we were conceived by our parents. You took shape in the heart and imagination of God before you took shape in the womb of your mother. Vincent van Gogh: Christ is more of an artist than the artists...He works in the living spirit and the living flesh; He makes men instead of statues. God is painting a picture of grace on the canvas of your life. God is crafting your character through the circumstances of your life. Batterson – “To see yourself as anything other than God’s masterpiece is to devalue and distort your true identity. And it’s in discovering your true identity that your true destiny is revealed.” A sense of destiny is your sacred birthright as a child of God. He strategically places us in the right place at the right time. God is setting you up and that ought to fill you with an unshakable sense of destiny. God will do the same thing for us if we seek Him with all of hearts.