Date: Monday, 2nd October, 2023
Text: Psalm 139:13-16
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
There are no two persons with the same finger print on earth. Similarly, the color, texture, and pattern of each person’s iris are unique to each individual. That is why they are used in crime investigation and biometric identification.
God did not make mistake by giving you your skin colour, body shape, hair texture, country of origin, gender, height, and general body profile. Take a look at animals, for example, they exist in different habitats and come in different shapes and sizes. None of them was made in error
Cecil Frances Alexander’s popular hymn is very instructive. The chorus goes thus: “All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all.”
The Psalmist says, “For You formed my inward parts; you covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvellous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, And skilfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them.” Psalm 139:13-16
You are already fearfully, wonderfully and specially made; nobody is like you. Stop feeling inferior! Appreciate who you are and be proud of who God has made you to be.
Attempting to change your gender, bleaching your skin colour, mutilating your body parts in order to look like someone else; different from your original image does not glorify God. It is a sign of lack of gratitude and contentment. Godliness with contentment is great gain- 1Timothy 6:6.
You were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s (not yours)- 1 Corinthians 6:20. On the Last Day you will give account of whatever you have done to your body while on Earth.
Action Nugget: Serve God as the original copy He has made you to be.