I Am Not An Accident

I am your Creator, You were in my care even before you were born.

Isaiah 44:2a

I am not an accident.

My birth was no mistake or mishap, and my life is no fluke of nature. My parents may not have planned me, but God did. He was not at all surprised by my birth. In fact, he expected it. Long before I were conceived by my parents, I were conceived in the mind of God. He thought of me first. It is not fate, nor chance, nor luck, nor coincidence that I am breathing at this very moment. I am alive because God wanted to create me!

God prescribed every single detail of my body. he deliberately chose my race, the color of my skin, my hair, and every other feature. he custom-made my body just the way He wanted it. He also determined the natural talents I could possess and the uniqueness of my personality.

Because god made me for a reason, he also decided when I would be born and how long I would live. He planned the days of my life in advance, choosing the exact time of my birth and death.

God also planned where I'd be born and where I'd live for his purpose. My race and nationality are no accident. God left no detail to chance. He planned it all for his purpose. Nothing in my life is arbitrary. It's all for a purpose.

Most amazing, God decided how I would be born. Regardless of the circumstances of my birth or who my parents are, God had a plan in creating me. It doesn't matter whether my parents were good, bad, or indifferent. God knew that those two individuals possessed exactly the right genetic make-up to create the custom "me" He had in mind. They had the DNA God wanted to make me.

I have carried you since you were born; I have taken care of you from your birth. Even when you are old, I will be the same. Even when your hair has turned gray, I will take care of you. I made you and I will take care of you.

Isaiah 46:3-4

God never does anything accidentally, and he never makes mistakes. He has a reason for everything he creates.

If there was no God, we would all be "accidents", the result of astronomical random chance in the universe where life would have no purpose or meaning or significance. There would be no right or wrong, and no hope beyond your brief years here on earth.

But there is God who made us for a reason, and our life has profound meaning! We discover that meaning and purpose only when we make God the reference point of our lives.

God's motive for creating me, us was his love.

This poem of Russell Kelfer sums it up:

You are who you are for a reason.

You're part of an intricate plan.

You're a precious and perfect unique design,

Called God's special woman or man.

You look like you look for a reason.

Our God made no mistake.

He knit you together within the womb,

You're just what he wanted to make.

The parents you had were the ones he chose,

And no matter how you may feel,

They weer custom-designed with God's plan in mind

And they bear the Master's seal.

No, that trauma you faced was not easy.

And God wept that it hurt you so;

But it was allowed to shape your heart

So that into his likeness you'd grow.

You are who you are for a reason,

You've been formed by the master's rod.

You are who you are, beloved,

Because there is a God.

Based from Purpose Driven Life book by Rick warren, Day 2: I Am Not An Accident

xoxo,

Sheena <3>