Why are you so special to God?
Because you are INDISPENSPENSABLY UNIQUE! Not just different, but DIFFERENT FOR A PURPOSE!
God has formed an individual 'blueprint' for each believer.
(DNA, eye retina, fingerprint: No one in all of human history has the same as you. You are indispensably unique!)
For you created my inmost being;
You knit me together in my mother's womb
I praise you because I am
Fearfully and Wonderfully made.
Your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you
When I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together
In the deppths of the earth,
Your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
Were written in your book
Befoe one of them came to be.
(Psalm 139:13-16)
1. Our Unique 'Appearance'
You and I have not bee "CREATED" per se, we have been PRO-CREATED. Meaning other humans were our parents.
We are the qualitative extension of our parents and their ancestors . . .
Color of hair and eyes
Size of body and frame
Gender (male/female: There are no other)
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"Ain't I plum purty? Got m'hide frum m'daddy, m'pretty blue cheeks frum m'maw. Got them spots frum gran'paw Joe."
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All of this was absorbed into the mind of God so that BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD he knew exactly what we would look like and designed it all into the course of his will and purpose.
2. Our UNIQUE Life
Where we were born
Economic state
Timing of our arrival on earth
Situation/Circumstances
3. Our UNIQUE Learning
Our ability to learn
Our opportunity to learn
The substance of our learning
4. Our UNIQUE Labor
What we do to earn
How we produce
How much and how we get paid
5. Our UNIQUE Capacity to LOVE
Born with the need
Influenced by experience/environs
Opened by relationship with Jesus
6. Our UNIQUE Limitations
"It was old Miss Radshaw, my 6th grade teacher, who always said I'd never amount to a hill of beans, calling to say 'I told you so.'
7. Our UNIQUIE DESTINY
Too many people take pride in the ordinary. This flies in the face of the fingerprint, of the voiceprint, of the snowflake . . .
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THE PRECISE TIME OF YOUR EXISTENCE IS OF CRUCIAL IMPORTANCE!
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You were not born in the year 5 B.C. which is the year biblical scholars believe Jesus was born. You were not born in the year 1005, or 1905 or maybe even 2005. But just like Jesus, you were born in just the right year to fulfill your precise purpose.
"In the fulness of time, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the Law; to redeem them that were under the Law, that we might receive the placing of sons."
(Glatians 4:4)
The timing of the coming of Jesus Christ was precise and crucial:
- At a time when one government ruled the world.
- At a time when one language (Koine Greek) was the only language spoken by the common man.
- At a time when Jewish oppression was at a peak.
- At a time when the human population was in its infancy (relatively speaking) so the Gospel could grow with the human race.
PURPOSE: Not so much what it is at this point, but that IT HAD ONE.
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IN THE SAME SENSE THAT THE TIMING OF THE COMING OF JESUS CHRIST WAS PRECISE AND PURPOSEFUL -- SO IS YOUR COMING AND MINE!!!
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WHICH MEANS: God has a reason for your being here; for your being where you are and the exact time for your happening (existence)!
With regard to purpose . . .
"All things work together for the good of those . . . who are called according to his purpose."
(Romans 8:28)
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NOTHING HAPPENS TO YOU AND ME WHICH CANNOT BE USED BY GOD TO ACHIEVE THE DESIGN AND PURPOSE WHICH HE HAS FOR US.
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We need to become acutely aware of our "MARK" and the "PRIZE" that comes with it. (Philippians 3:14)
"I press toward the mark"
the particular mark
the specific mark
YOUR MARK
"For the PRIZE of the high calling of God."
the particular prize
the specific prize
YOUR PRIZE
You have it in you to . . .
MAKE A MIRACLE!
