You Are Not An Accident

Every birth is a wanted birth. There is no such thing as an illegitimate birth from God's perspective. Every person has legitimacy because every birth has purpose. No one is random - the result of thoughtless events or careless circumstances. Psalm 139:13-16 says "For You formed my inward parts...My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret and skilfully wrought in the lowest part of the earth. Your eyes saw my substance being yet unformed and in Your book they were all written, the days fashioned for me when as yet there were none of them." God formed you before you were conceived! You were God designed. The Designer made you in His image, never to be repeated is all of creation past, present or future. His design pre dates your physical arrival declaring  intentionality and purpose.


When we come to terms with the eternal fact that our existence is pre planned we will be at peace about our lives. Instead of being ruled by a sense of shortfall or grievance we will be able to thrive and not just survive. Behind your existence is a loving Heavenly Father who always upholds your value because He loves you. Distortion happens when we fail or refuse to see how much God loves us. The story of the prodigal son and his older brother illustrates this distortion. Neither son understood how much they were both loved and therefore accepted by their father. The father told the older son, "Son you are always with me and all that I have is yours" (Luke 15:31)When we fail to see how much we are loved by God we will be telling ourselves lesser than we ought as well as seeing others lesser than we ought. But when we receive His love we will also see that we are not 'accidents'.


We have purpose because of His love. When you know someone believes in you, you will aspire to greater heights and will achieve more than you can ever imagine. Most 'successful' people are driven by a strong sense of injustice or unfairness in life. But this motivation still leaves an internal gap because deficit is a driver that doesn't produce wholeness. The prodigal son and his brother could not get wholeness until they both saw how much their father loved them.












This blog is based on a message given at The Vine Church, Logan City, Queensland, Australia on 9th August 2015. The full message can be accessed by podcast from www.thevine.org.au/teaching.