...Psalm 139:13‑15 (NLT) “You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.” This portion of Scripture has always brought me a measure of comfort and of great consternation. God knows everything about me!
1. There has never been and never will be anyone else like you! This is not a testament to you. It is a testament to the God Who created you. You are unlike anyone who has ever lived...you have your own finger prints...your eye scan would be different than anyone else...God is so incredible...snowflakes! Mark Batterson – “You owe it to yourself to be yourself. But more important, you owe it to the One Who designed you and destined you. Here is the good news: There is nothing God cannot do in you and through you if you simply yield your life to Him. All of it. All of you.”
2. No one can worship God like you or for you! This sermon is all about you, but it’s not about you at all. The fact that there has never been and never will be anyone like you simply means no one can worship God like you. Batterson - You were created to worship God in a way that no one else can. How? By living a life no one else can – your life. God has created you to fulfill a unique destiny and no one else can take your place. Fulfilling your true destiny starts with you discovering who you really are and this is probably our greatest challenge.
3. To find out who you are supposed to be you will have to dig deep. Batterson - Self-discovery is like an archaeological dig. It takes a long time to uncover the hidden treasures that lie buried beneath the surface. You can never be certain of what you will find or where you will find it. And it is a painstaking process. If we fail to dig deep in discovering who we are in Christ. It will result in a superficial life. Psalm 139:14 (NLT) Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. We not only cheat ourselves and others when we fail to discover our God given identities and God ordained destinies, but we also cheat God Himself. Genesis 1:27 (NKJV) “So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Keep digging and you will find your true identity and God’s true destiny for your life. As you do you will never see yourself the same way again because you will see yourself thru the eyes of your Creator!
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