Set Apart and Purpose-driven

 “Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee. . .” (Jeremiah 1:5)

From the moment of conception, your life-journey began. Before God created anything, He knew you. He knew the day you would be born, and He knows the day you draw your last breath. He formed you, you exist for a reason, you have a purpose, and God deeply loves you.

Although God spoke the words of this passage to Jeremiah, calling him as a prophet before he was born, bask in the truth and the beauty of God’s great love for us. “Just as [in His love] He chose us in Christ [actually selected us for Himself as His own] before the foundation of the world so that we would be holy [that is so that we would be consecrated, set apart for Him, purpose-driven] and blameless in His sight” (Ephesians 1:4 AMP).

Creator God planned before the beginning of time for His prized creation’s adoption into His family. Our part in His plan is to say “Yes” to His gift of deliverance and salvation made possible by His unconditional love and grace through the blood of Christ. Once adopted into God’s family, we have the privilege of fellowship with our Maker, to love and serve Him, and when our time on this earth has ended, we have the promise of eternal life with Him. 

As God’s child, you are God-gifted, set apart, and purpose-driven for service. Your life’s purpose is to obey and carry out the Father’s will with those gifts. Wherever He plants you, serve faithfully, fulfill your calling, stay moldable, grow, flourish, and bear fruit in God’s name for His glory.