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Reading: Jeremiah 1:4-19 \\ /“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”/
Jeremiah 1:5 (NIV)
!! I. God forms us for His Purpose
A.
God Forms us
1.
We do not arrive here by accident.
a.
You are not a random collection of amino acids.
b.
God made us and He did it on purpose.
2.
God Himself makes us who we are.
a.
God Himself is shaping you.
b.
You are his workmanship (Eph.2:10)
B.
God has a Plan for us
1.
God forms us to fulfill His plan for us
a.
God forms us to do what he planned for us to do (Eph.
2:10)
b.
For Jeremiah, it was a lifetime as a prophet.
(Most of us are non-prophet!)
2.
Since our existence isn’t accidental neither is the purpose of our existence
a.
We don’t need to bumble around hoping to find something meaningful.
b.
We know we have something meaningful to accomplish.
3.
God made you for a very important reason!
a.
If He didn’t have a purpose for you, he wouldn’t have made you.
b.
You may never know the reason.
C.
No Spare parts in the Body of Christ
1.
God made you to be in important part of His Church.
a.
Don’t believe less of yourself than that
b.
Church isn’t a spectator sport
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Doing God’s work isn’t your option, it’s your duty
a.
If you don’t, Christ’s Body (the church) won’t work right.
b.
We need you so that we can do what God calls us to do.
!! II.
God Reveals His purpose to us
A.
God Wants us to know our purpose
1.
God doesn’t hide our purpose from us.
a.
He doesn’t always slap us in the face with it either.
b.
God works His good purpose in us carefully and intentionally \\ /for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.
/Philippians 2:13 (NIV)
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God comes to us in His time.
a.
God’s timing can be hard for us throughout our lives
b.
but it’s always the right time.
B.
He knows what we Can do
1.
No use protesting that you can’t do what God asks you to do like Jeremiah.!
a.
God isn’t impressed with your self-assessment.
He knows you better.
2.
God makes~/forms us exactly for what He wants us to do.
a.
It’s not like getting hired for one job, but getting stuck with another.
b.
From before you were born God has been shaping you for His plan for you.
3.
One way to know God’s plan for you, is to look at who God made you to be.
a.
What you are good at, has a lot to do with what God has in mind for you.
b.
But it isn’t easy to draw the lines from talent “A” to job “Q.”
C.
He Equips us for our tasks
1.
He forms us, and equips us along the way.
a.
The “forming” is a life-long process
b.
We don’t emerge from the womb like a car from an assembly line!
2.
He equips us through our life’s experiences
a.
God works everything for our good — toward our fulfillment of His plan for us.
b.
Our victories and failures, joys and sorrows shape us for God’s use.
3.
He equips us with Spiritual Gifts.
a.
As he touched Jeremiah’s lips.
b.
He touches us with His power to accomplish His purposes through us.
!! III.
We are to Conform to God’s purpose
A.
A joy-filled Opportunity
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God doesn’t need us to do anything.
a.
It would be easier for God to just say the word and it would all happen.
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