Baby Dedication - Aiden Joseph Banga
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Psalm 139:13-17
Psalm 139:13-17
Life is a blessing from God!
13 For You formed my inward parts;
You wove me in my mother’s womb.
14 I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
15 My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;
16 Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.
17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
Observations:
A. God formed David’s life in the womb of his mother (v.13)
King David acknowledge that he came into this world not by accident - His existence is by the ordination and appointment of God - through His parents.
God deliberately and intentionally gave life to DAVID.
B. David described how God made him - He was wonderfully and fearfully made by God (v.14)
This shows how LIFE of every human being is dear to God!
All human beings are made in the image of God.
This Baby Dedication Ceremony is our public commitment to acknowledge God as the giver of life - who gave life to Aiden Joseph.
By God’s wisdom and providence Aiden Joseph came into this world through Jeff and Joy (STEWARDS)
The life of this child is important and valuable to God.
This child is a gift from God.
C. God is involved in the forming, growing, and sustaining of David’s Life (v.16) (from young to old, from birth to death).
God ordained our birth and death. (Psalm 139:16; Job 14:5; Acts 17:25-26;)
16 Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them.
5 “Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You; And his limits You have set so that he cannot pass.
25 nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things; 26 and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation,
He can shorten or extend life (Psalm 68:20;)
20 God is to us a God of deliverances; And to God the Lord belong escapes from death.
D. God owns our life and every life is a gift from God!
However, the problem is that we have the TENDENCY to easily FORGET that GOD OWNS our life - and so what happened is that we live our lives AS IF we are the “god” of our lives. And it’s just so easy for many to WASTE their life, to live a wasted life.
A WASTED life is a life spent without God..no matter how rich, famous, and powerful you are in this world. Listen to the words of the wises man who ever lived - King Solomon
6 Remember him—before the silver cord is severed, and the golden bowl is broken; before the pitcher is shattered at the spring, and the wheel broken at the well, 7 and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. 8 “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Everything is meaningless!”
13 The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person. 14 For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil.
Why are people living a wasted life? Why do people forget God?
When SIN came into the world, it changed everything.
SIN changed the relationship between man and God.
If you go to the Genesis account, in Chapter 3, we read how Adam and EVE disobeyed God and how they have become affected by sin after... In the 4th chapter of Genesis, we read the first murder (Abel and Cain).
Humans have become slaved to SIN - and SIN has caused humans to disregard LIFE and ultimately reject the GIVER OF LIFE!
That is why JESUS came into this dying and sinful WORLD.
John 10:10 says this...
10 “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
This is the message that God wants for us to hear!
For today, God ordained that you will be here and I will be here!
God wants for you to see how great HIS LOVE is for SINNERS like you and me!
8 But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
let us remember the words of our LORD Jesus Matthew 11:28-30
28 “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. 29 “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 “For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
Friends, this is God’s invitation to you - you who came here today - not by accident, but by the wisdom and providence of God!
Come to Jesus - REPENT of your SINS and surrender your life to Him. With a childlike humility, come to Jesus and TRUST in Him for your SALVATION.
God is able and willing to give eternal life to those who believe in Him.
12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name,
In this ceremony today, we will pray for the Baby to grow and that one day he will BELIEVE in the LORD Jesus Christ…and SERVE the LORD Jesus.
My prayer is that you too, will one day if not today, YOU WILL BELIEVE IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR,
Let us pray....