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Shaped By God Part 1

Psalms 139:13-14 (NKJV)
13 For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb.
14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And [that] my soul knows very well.

We are

by God; we have a DNA. Our bodies, souls, and spirits have been shaped by the Lord.

Black or white, short or tall, skinny or hefty, blue or brown-eyed, black or blonde hair, introvert or extrovert, academic or athletic, we are all

and
made. You are not an . You were created, on , for a .

Colossians 1:15-17 (NLT)
15 Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation,
16 for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see– such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him.
17 He existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together.

God covered us in our mother’s womb. He

us in; we were created with
not to us but to and us in .

We are fearfully made: Our divine shape demands

and strikes into the heart of the enemy. Respect begins with , and until honor the God created to be else will.

Psalms 139:14 (NKJV)
14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And [that] my soul knows very well.

We are wonderfully made: This means we are

and from all creation; there is in the world like you.

Understanding our shape for

and is so important because there is that can do what in the that will do it.

Romans 12:2 (NKJV)
2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what [is] that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

God’s greatest Glory is man

alive. When we live the life we were to live, we an element of God’s Glory that the world will never see from us.

Romans 8:18-19 (NKJV)
18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy [to be compared] with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
19 For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God.