Crafted by the Creator

Intro

I would like us all to turn in our bibles to Psalm 139:13-14a.

We are going to be starting the sermon series that your parents have been on with Pastor John for the past few weeks.

We are told it’s our responsibility to make sure that we become something in the world; further, we are told that it is totally up to us to decide who, and what we will be.

That’s a lot of responsibility.

We as humans have so much to think about! We have our normal responsibilities. The ones that everyone has. Then we have to figure out our identity and everything that comes with it?

What if we pick the wrong identity? What if we choose something that we aren’t good at. What if the people around us that we want to be loved by don’t like what we pick? What if we pick, then we don’t like it all that much or it comes with some stuff that we don’t like, can we get a refund?

We are told that we are a happy accident resulting from a collection of genes from our parents. Further, if one didn’t believe in creation, but rather the theory of evolution, then everything around you would be classified as a “happy accident”.

What if I told you that you were hand crafted part by part, emotion, by emotion, piece by piece by the Creator of the Universe for this exact moment in time. What if I told you that everything about you was on purpose.

The title of this message is Crafted by the Creator because the passage we are going to read this morning shows us that every part of us as humans was specially made by the Almighty God.

Pray/read

Psalm 139:13–14 ESV

For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.

I am HAND CRAFTED by God

Make a Latte, make a Keureg.

Show the students the difference between a handcrafted bev, and a nasty one.

God Designed Me with a Purpose

LandCruiser vs Spark for beach driving.

Everything, including us, has a purpose. We are designed for the purpose that God has laid out for us.

My Response is Praise

Praise is Living as God Designed Me

Living as God Designed = Living with Jesus

Jesus gives me my Identity.