Isaiah
considered himself as a worst sinner (Isaiah 6:4), but yet the Lord saw his as
a prophet who could go and give the people Gods message, Isaiah was the prophet
who even prophesied the Birth of our Lord Jesus hundreds of years before Jess
was born.
Jeremiah
considered himself as a too young and incapable of being at the service of the
Lord (Jeremiah 1:6), but tells him do not call him a child but be prepared to
do all that he is called to do.
Many times we
get discouraged because of what our family, friends, associates think and say
about us, David was once such example who was a bold young lad and had the
courage to face the enemy, but he had to overcome a lot of discouragement from
his own brothers I Samuel 17:28, he was discourage by king Saul 1 Samuel 17:
33, his own discouraged him they wanted to stop him from doing what he was
called to do, but David was sure of himself. God saw David as a man after his
own heart Acts 13:22 and David went to become the great King of Israel from his
lineage came the messiah of the World Jesus Christ.
Dearly beloved,
the Lord in Jeremiah 1:5 tells Jeremiah and he is telling each one you reading
this now, Even before you were formed in your mother’s womb he knew you, he
knew what he has in store for you, he knew what he wanted to make out of you he
knew what would be your height, your skin color, your every single feature he
knew, he knew the purpose behind how he planned to make you, You are not a mere
accident or, you are Gods unique, exclusive, limited edition creation. In the
same verse the Lord says even before you were born he has set you apart and
appointed you to your specific calling. Dear friend even before you were born
you were anointed to be at the service of God. God has placed within us the
anointing, the grace to live our calling. Some of you are called to preach the
gospel, some are called to evangelize, some to sing and play instruments for
god, some to visit the sick and pray for them, some to teach children about the
love of God, some to write for the glory of God, some to intercede. We should recognize
are calling and work towards it
Do not get
discouraged by focusing on the negative areas of your life, Ask God to give you
his eyes and insight to see how he sees you, at the same time let us make a
conscious decision not to discourage people around us but let’s pray and ask
God to give us the grace to see people the way he sees them and encourage the.
Before I end
lets us read Ephesians 2:10 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.
The bible very
clearly says we are Gods Masterpiece and indeed You are God’s Masterpiece
created to do all God planned for us, so rise up child of God and do what you
are called and destined to do for God and his kingdom, rise up above your
shortcomings, rise up above your discouragement, rise up above the opinion
people have about you. Your creator has bought into existence a masterpiece and
it is YOU!
Just before we
end a word of caution as you begin to serve God and his people, guard your
heart to ensure so pride enters you, the moment we let pride enter us and have
a hold over us it is a beginning of our downfall. As you grow in your service
to the lord strive to grow in humility Humble yourselves before the Lord, and
he will exalt you. (James 4:10).
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