A few weeks ago I talked about God giving us the gift of His breath in our lungs. He designed us on purpose, for a purpose.
As a reminder of David’s worship to his Lord when he said,
”You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb.“Psalms 139:13 NLT
God wasn’t arbitrary about how and why He made each and every one of us. He knit us together, as David said. He designed us with intentionality, as Paul tells the Ephesians church, ”For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.“Ephesians 2:10 NLT
This verse reminds us that He planned good things for us to do a long time ago. So when He is knitting us together and making His masterpiece with purpose and intentionality, why wouldn’t He equip us by giving us the gifts needed to succeed and flourish in the Master’s plan?
He wouldn’t and He didn’t. He has given us Christ Jesus, who perfectly lived out these gifts while being fully man and fully Devine. He embodied all these gifts so completely, and we are the body of Christ.
During my next post, I will talk about the seven motivational gifts found in Romans 12 that God gives us to fulfill His purpose and plan. Go ahead and read it for yourself and see what most sounds like a gift He has given you. I look forward to sharing more in the next post.