Today we continue the series “Wonderfully Complex...”

  ...taken from Psalm 139:13-16 (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! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book.” Again, I want to challenge you to be who God created you to be.

1. Because you are God’s child your heredity and destiny are from Him. Your identity is part heredity. When you have been in the same church as long as I have you see how much children look and act like their parents...scary! Here is some wonderful news for you today spiritually...the image of God is both your heredity and your destiny. So what is my point...there is just no way to calculate how unique you are...that’s exciting…you are one of a kind. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!

2. Why is it that we all start out as “one of a kind original” but too many of us end up as carbon copies of someone else. Instead of celebrating our uniqueness, and the uniqueness of others, we are too often threatened by it. Instead, we should  do 1 Peter 4:8-9 (NKJV)  “And above all things have fervent love for one another, for "love will cover a multitude of sins." Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.” Batterson: We forfeit our uniqueness because we want to fit in. Instead of daring to be different, we sacrifice our soul print on the altar of conformity.

3. If we will have God’s uniqueness for us, and if we will be who we are, we must be willing to take Saul’s armor off. What? There comes a point in every person’s life when they realize that imitating someone else is detrimental ...we must take ourselves for who we are for better or for worse. David did when he prepared to fight Goliath. David could have gone into battle like a king (Saul)...tempting! Thankfully David said I cannot go into battle with this armor...I have not tested them and they definitely do not fit...Saul was head and shoulders taller. David was a shepherd...for better or for worse...That was who he was and what God had destined him to be up to that point in his life. David was at a cross road in his life...like so many of us...He had to make a choice...This choice would determine his destiny. Be myself or try to be someone else. It is the rarest form of courage...it is the courage to be yourself. That is what I will give account to God for...being who God called me to be. Soren Kierkegaard: The deepest form of despair is to be another than oneself.