Book of Jeremiah chapter 1
Verses 4 and 5
Before I formed you in the womb
I knew you
Before you were born I sanctified you
I ordained you a prophet to the nations
it's interesting how Jeremiah even though he was a son of a priest
we don´t know why God specifically spoke to his identity
But I think it is because God knows we struggle with this
He said "before you were born...
what?
I chose you
It comes to my attention how in the Hebrew
that word "I choose you"
means "I designed you"
the Lord through the Prophet Isaiah
He said "Oh Lord you are my maker"
it isn't a coincidence that among all the professions that Jesus could have chosen
He chose to be a carpenter
he chose to take wood and create
why? because that is what God does
God is an expert forming, creating
and sometimes one struggles with what is my purpose on this earth
I think that the thought
why was I born?
Sometimes one thinks that one was born an accident
But when the Lord spoke to Jeremiah
he said "before you were born"
He said "Jeremiah, you weren't an accident
you weren't an unwanted pregnancy
You weren't rejected
maybe by your human parents, your earthly parents did
but I already had a purpose
I had something at mind
You know what is beautiful about the word?
That since the beginning even before you were born
God already had a purpose for you
When a baby is born, an accident is not being born
but a purpose is being born
you might tell me "well, this is different about you"
but you know? My parents only wanted two daughters.
I think the majority of parents only want two children
they say "just two, two, two"
and they planned to have only two
my older sister came, then the second one
and they did everything in their plans
to not have more kids
then the first surprise arrived
which happens to be my third sister, Manuela
they said "We stop with this one- we're done"
5 years later
the second surprise arrived - me!
it wasn't an accident
now, your story is different, your background is different
and even though you were born in a difficult situation
God planned it
God planned your birth, God planned your destiny
there is a verse that grabs my attention
in Psalms chapter 139 verse 16, it says
You saw me before I was born.
When you wouldn't even imagine what your life could be like
the word said: You saw me before I was born
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment
look how powerful this is
every moment was designed
every moment was designed
before a single day had passed
Every day of your life were designed.
you know like every artist has their personal mark
they put there signature
and one knows when one sees a masterpiece
and you know what artist is this
we have a very well-known artist here in Colombia
Fernando Botero
One sees his sculptures, his paintings and they have his special mark
one knows it's the mark of Botero
what is Botero's personal mark?
He creates everything more robust
Even the fruits, the people he leaves them a size xxxxl he leaves everything much bigger
he leaves everything much bigger
but that's his mark
one goes and sees and says oh that is Botero's
A sculpture, a fruit, a baby - Botero!
God is an artist and he also leaves his mark
What happens is that the enemy does everything to steal that mark
to steal the mark of the creator in you
even though sometimes the years pass and you say
Well Lord, I passed so many years without knowing you
how is this that everyday was already planned?
God designed even the moment when you met him
He designed everything, he designed the people, he designed the moment that you might enter a church
or that someone was going to call you or a difficult circumstance
God designed every moment
I'm impacted by Moses' life
because Moses arrived in a moment that the women did not want to have babies
you know why?
because there was a decree of death
the enemy knows that every time that a baby is born, a purpose is born
the Bible says that we were made in the image and likeness of God
there is a constant battle
that is why the huge battle of a lot of women is to have their baby
because the enemy knows that a prophet is being born
that there son is being born, someone with their mark
I don't know if you remember the story, the Bible says that Pharaoh had sent a decree of death
Every boy under the age of two had to be thrown into the Nile River
Moses is born under these circumstances
and it really calls my attention what the mother of Moses does
because the Bible says in Acts 7 that when Moses was born
he was a beautiful child before the eyes of God.
you know when a baby is born
even though they could be in a family that doesn't know Him
an undesired circumstance
The baby is beautiful to God's eyes
and Moses was born-
the mom hid him for three months
hiding him everyday
but there was a moment when she said
well, What do I do?
I cannot hide him anymore
and the bible says that she created a basket
and she put him in this basket and threw him in faith into the Nile river
I was looking for the meaning of that word "basket"
and it took me to the same word used for "ark"
and what did the ark do?
it brought purpose
it brought protection when the flood happened
You know what God did?
Moses didn't even remember about the basket
because one never remembers what they lived when they were 3 months old
There are things that you don't remember
but you were in the basket
you don't know the things God has protected you from
why? because God protects his children
God protects his purposes
God protects you
I've met so many people that say they were born in the worst circumstances
one of my disciples was born in a very difficult circumstance
her parents were not Christian
her parents lived on the streets
And she was born in those circumstances
she was born in a city in Colombia called Cartagena
and you may think "what is the purpose of a baby to be born in those circumstances?"
but God had each and every one of her days planned
you see her story today
you know her, her name is Michelle Morales
you can say "accidents don't exist"
"purposes exist"
God brought you here today to tell you
the moment you were born I had already planned
every one of our days
I even planned the moment you encountered me
it took Moses 40 years to meet his creator
but the most beautiful thing is when the creation meets their creator
it's where miracles occur
it's where you recover your mark
the mark of the creator in you
In fact, it took Moses more time. It took him 80 years
when he was 80 years old, he truly met his creator
and in that moment he encountered his purpose
maybe you haven't had that encounter with your creator yet
but God created everything,
he aligns people, he aligns circumstances
so that you can meet your creator
the hard days, even the days you didn't understand
they will make sense now
when you get to know your creator
because God doesn't make accidents, he creates purposes
today I want to make a prayer
and in this prayer you are going to say
Lord, I want to understand your purpose in me
I want to understand why I was born
where I was born
I want to understand how you see me
when you understand what the Lord told Jeremiah
you understand how God sees you
God says "Since you were in the womb of you mother, I knew you"
you didn't get here randomly to this world
you didn't get randomly to church
you got here because I have a specific purpose with you
the purposes of God are not general
it's not for everybody
God didn't call everyone at once, no!
you see that God calls individuals.
God called abraham, God called Issac, God called Jacob
God called Moses. God called Elijah, God called Elisha
he calls us individually
And until you understand that the calling, that mark God created you with
you aren't going to understand the value you have
Jesus didn't die for everyone, he died for you
Because He is that creator
I heard a story that really caught my attention
it's the story of kid
who made a little boat with his own hands
he made his little boat
he designed it, he gave it the form he wanted
and it was his little boat
when he finished the boat, he put his initials on it, he put his mark
and everyday he would go out
and put the boat in the river
he would play everyday with the boat
but one day the current in the river was very strong
and the boat went away and got lost
years passed and yet he didn't know what happened with his boat
but one day he was walking in the town he lived in
he passed through a store
a store that used to sell old things
and when he is walking by it,
he gets closer
he sees something that he recognizes
His little boat!
he entered the store and said
let me see that little boat
the sells man gives it to him
and the first thing he looks for is what?
his initials
It was a little broken, a little dirty but it was his little boat!
he asked "how much is it"?
the owner of the store told him the price
with pleasure, he took the money
He paid the price and took his little boat back
when he went out, looks at his boat
and speaks to it and he tells it
little boat: now you are doubly mine
because first I formed you and then I bought you
you know that's what God does for us
he formed us from the womb
it says "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you"
And he Bought us through His blood
you're not an accident.
you are God's purpose on this earth
Close your eyes
Lord, Thank you.
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