None of us is here because of some human biological experimentation. We are here because God planned for us to be here. In Isaiah 44:2, we read, “The LORD who made you and helps you says, ‘Do not be afraid, O Jacob my servant. O dear Israel, my chosen one.”
Your birth and mine were not a mistake or mishap. It was no fluke of nature. Maybe your parents didn’t plan for you, but God did. He thought of you and me before we were conceived. David, in Psalm 138:8 wrote, “The LORD will work out His plans for my life – for your faithful love, O Lord, endures forever. Don’t abandon me, for You made me.” He will never abandon us. Never!
A. God prescribed every single detail of our bodies. He chose our race, the color of our skin, our hair, and every other feature.
He also determined the natural talents we possess and the uniqueness of our personalities.
David, in Psalm 139:15, wrote, “You watched over me as I was being formed in seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.”
It continues in verse 16, “You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.”
So, God determined when each of us would be born and how long we would live.
B. God decided how you would be born.
Regardless of the circumstances of your birth or who your parents are, God had a plan in advance, in forming you in your mother’s womb. Maybe your parents were good, bad, or indifferent. God knew that these people had just the right DNA to create you. Maybe your parents were illegitimate — there are no illegitimate children.
God has taken every situation into account, even human error and sin.
He never does anything accidentally. He never makes mistakes. I don’t believe that He planned for you to be abused, neglected, or abandoned. As we have seen over and over in scripture, He can take the bad and bring good out of our circumstances. You are not here by accident. God created you for a purpose. Paul, in Ephesians 4:1, wrote: “Therefore, I, a prisoner for serving the LORD, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God.”
· Every Christian is a child of God — we are to live accordingly.
C. God was thinking of each of us before He created the world. Paul wrote, “Even before He made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in His eyes.”
Note: He created the world so we could live in it. He designed the Earth’s environment, and in spite of all of the pollution, our bodies adjust and we survive. The Apostle James (James 1:18) wrote, “He chose to give us birth by giving us His true word. And we of all creation, became His prized possession.”
Think of that — each of us is unique, made in His likeness and image, and He highly values us.
Dr. Michael Denton, senior research fellow in human molecular genetics, at the University of Otago in New Zealand, has concluded, “All the evidence available in the biological sciences supports the core proposition — that the cosmos is a specially designed whole with life and mankind as its fundamental goal and purpose, a whole in which all facets of reality have their meaning and explanation in this central fact.”
The Bible said the same thing thousands of years earlier. In Isaiah 45:18, the prophet wrote, “For the LORD is God, and He created the heavens and earth and put everything in place. He made the world to be lived in, not a place of empty chaos. ‘I am the LORD,’ He says, and there is no other.”
If we were any closer to the sun, we would roast, and if we were any further away, we would freeze. Why did He do all this? Why did He go to all the trouble of creating a universe for us? Because He is a God of love.
D. God created each of us so He could love us. His very essence is love. In 1 John 4:7-8, we read, “Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.”
There is perfect love and unity between God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. God didn’t create us because He was lonely. He made you and me so that He could express His love to us. Listen to this in Isaiah 46:3-4, God is speaking and He says, “Listen to Me, descendants of Jacob, all you who remain in Israel, I have cared for you since you were born. Yes, I carried you before you were born. I will be your God throughout your lifetime — until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you.”
E. God made each of us for a reason. Your life and mine have profound meaning. We discover our meaning and purpose only when we make God the reference point of our lives.
Paul, in Romans 12:1, says, “And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all He has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice — the kind He will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship Him.”
I want to close this meditation by Russell Kelfer —
“You are who you are for a reason;
You’re part of an intricate plan;
You’re a precious and perfect unique design,
Called God’s special woman or man.
You look like you look for a reason.
Our God made no mistake;
He knit you together within the womb;
You’re just what He wanted to make.
The parents you had were the ones He chose,
And no matter how you may feel,
They were custom-designed with God’s plan in mind,
And they bear the Master’s seal.
No, that trauma you faced was not easy,
And God wept that it hurt you so;
But it was allowed to shape your heart
So that into His likeness you’d grow.
You are who you are for a reason,
You’ve been formed by the Master’s rod;
You are who you are, beloved,
Because there is a God!”
Blessings, Pastor Leonard
