Jer 1:4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Jer 1:5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Jer 1:6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
Jer 1:7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
Jer 1:8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
Jer 1:9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
Jer 1:10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
God comes to charge us to wake us up, to talk to your senses
To challenge us to dream to believe in a big God. He speaks to our paradigm, enlarges our parameters and reconstructs our projections
It takes clear thinking cerebral people to come to themselves to come to God
It takes a cerebral person to understand that I live and move and have my being in Jesus
Thirdly he comes to change us. Rom 12 Be not conformed or limited to this worldly system of spiritual poverty. But be transformed or released from boundarys, by the renewing of your mind I am changing what I say which is changing what I see
Whenever Jesus is allowed to he makes life better.
In verse 5 god said he formed jeremiah this means he had everything he needed to put in him yet he needed to make a form to carry out his plan
Something is formed when there is a function for it. God hasa function for you. God knew you before. You are chosen.
Gal 4:19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
Aristotle and plato had an ongoing discussion concerning the best process for a sculptor to form a sculpture
It was plato who 1st postulated that a sculptor 1st imagines when looking at a mass of stone or marble or clay he imagines what he wants it to be formed into
Paul said Gal 4:19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, So how is he formed in me?
Aristotle said I disagree w/ you plato he said if a sculptor is going to form a sculpture he must look in to the unidentified stone. Marble or clay sees what it already is and cuts away everything that doesn’t look like it is supposed to be.
Paul was astute in Hebrew text and prolific in greek thought studied at the feet of gamiliel
Paul wanted us to know that how Christ is formed in us is that he must remove everything in us that must go
Everything that was not intended to be a part of our formation must go
Process of preparation
From the root word of pare it means to remove the husk or shuck it
At one time the husk protected the fruit or vegetable but now when it is ready to used by the master it is now hiding it
So god prepares us. Not fun, no glory, misunderstanding, unfairness,
Understand the preparation is not the end it is the preshow
All that encompasses your being even your mistakes, sins and garbage god wants to use to bring glory.
Jesus said lazarus is dead and iam glad after 4 days even his sisters said behold he stinketh.
You have in you destiny. We must settle 2 very important issues.
1. Is identity who we really are not perception not opinion you know your identity by what you have in your hand. Ther must be loss or a pruning so that we can really discover Christ being formed in us. Before god multiply sometimes he must subtract. remember ruth? Father in law dies bro in law died sis in law left. Left w/ a bitter mom inlaw But there was a formation going on and she married boaz became the mother of obed, jessed david jesus
2. Destiny. What are you supposed to become? Out of these come a vision, goal or dream. Predetermined course of events/future
Eph 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Sight is not controlled by your cornea or retina most often by your mind most often.
God wants to add faith to your mind for your vision. Look unto the hills from whence cometh your help cometh from the lord. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Whn god is trying to bust forth out of your life he is wanting you to get who he is and what he can do
He wants to show who he is and what he can do through you til Christ be formed in you
1Jn 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
1Jn 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
He loves us so much he loves us out of our old family the father of lies into the new family of god
His love is big enough
My destiny is bigger than me. It is about him in me.
Understand tht hs plans are better and bigger than you. You were born for an eternal purpose. There is something god wants to do though you. So he is forming you.
He sees the rough jagged rocks of your life and sees a soul winner prayer warrior preacher, singer,missionary pastor evangelist prophet apostle teacher etc.
Everything you have faced the enemy thought/hoped it wuould destroy you but god said what I hve planned for yu is going to take a lot of formation. Some of you are so hard headed and strong willed it is going to take dynamite.
Movie directors many times start w/ the last scene of the movie the happy ending and work back to the beginning
Eph 1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
Eph 1:12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
Eph 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
Eph 1:14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
So this is what god was telling jeremiah I knew you before you were you
Some of us need to get over the insecurity in light of others gifts.
Jeremiah seemed to battle w/ low belief in himself he said I am a child
From the priests of anathoth who woud say something and the question th veracity of their own statements.
God said jeremiah you are a prophet. Even though his examples were weak and low.
Destiny is not about where you are or where you have been but where god is taking you
You were made for your destiny
Your potential is your tag acronym talents abilities gifts. Don’t allow your past to smother you. All of us have fought His plan, all of us have tried to go down wrong roads on wrong journeys heading toward our own plan
2Pe 1:3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
2Pe 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
2Pe 1:5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
2Pe 1:6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
2Pe 1:7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
2Pe 1:8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2Pe 1:9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
2Pe 1:10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
2Pe 1:11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Php 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
Embrace and engage the process which is the pressure or pain.
Remember joseph family, past, attempted murder physical abuse
Lied on accused of immorality
But he had theinsight to know you meant it for evil but god meant for good
Gen 50:20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
pain is positive outcome wrapped up in tears trials tests
Rom 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate (set boundaries limitations, )to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Rom 8:30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
Rom 8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
The cry of this generation is why am I here?
I danced last night in my head
As I lay upon my bed
All the thughts that I coulsd see
Reveal the best that is inside of me
I saw my life from a different view
So ihad to decide what I would do
And so idecided to dance with the rest of me
And I realized I could be free
Free to live in a brand new place
So while iwas dancing I saw a face
It was the future I hd been waiting to see
So ill just keep dancing with the rest of me
Because I am dancing with my destiny
