Over the last few weeks we have been talking about the phrase from the book of Esther for such a time as this the first week we looked at what time it is last week we looked at why is the time now. Today I want to look at the who, many of you know that today is sanctity of life Sunday and as we talk about the who I want us to see just how special we are to God.

Psalm 139:

13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous,how well I know it.
15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
16 You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.
17 How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered!
18 I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand!

  1. You are loved by God!
    • “Why was I born? Was it only to have trouble and sorrow, to end my
    • “Long before he laid down earth’s foundations, he had us in mind, and settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love.” Ephesians 1:4 (Msg)
  2. You matter to God!
    • “My work all seems so useless! I have spent my strength for nothing and for no purpose at all.” Isaiah 49:4a (NLT)
    • “The Lord has made everything for his own purpose.” Proverbs 16:4a (GW)
    • “I am your Creator. You were in my care even before you were born.” Isaiah 44:2 (CEV)
    • “You… scheduled each day of my life before I began to breathe. Every day was recorded in your book!” Psalm 139:16 (LB)
    • “Leave your impoverished confusion and live! Walk up the street to a life with meaning.” Proverbs 9:6 (Msg)
  3. You have a Purpose in God!
    • “Why did you create us? For nothing?” Psalm 89:47 (NCV)
    • “Knowing God results in every other kind of understanding.” Proverbs 9:10b (LB)
    • “For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible… everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him.” Colossians 1:16 (Msg)
    • “It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for… part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone.” Ephesians 1:11-12 (Msg)

Matt. 20:28, “Jesus said, ‘Your attitude must be like My own, for I did not come to be served, but to serve’.”

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