This document discusses how humans are created by God with individual purposes and talents. It contrasts living for oneself versus living for God and his glory. While Christians struggle with pleasing themselves over God, we can accept ourselves as God sees us and love others as he does. We should embrace our interests and abilities but die to ourselves, living for God's approval rather than man's. Our identity is in Christ, not in how others see us.

1. FearfullyandWonderfullyMade
Psalms139:14
John3:16
Ecclesiastes12:13
Humansare createdby God…to give glorytohim, to obeyhimandto worshiphim
Humanshave an individual purpose tofulfillGod’skingdomonearth
Humansare createdinthe likenessof God…Godlovesandvalueseachone ashisown.
Humansare fashionedbyGoda certainway forhispurpose.Hiscreationsare alwayswonderful.This
meansour temperaments,talents,abilities,interests,hobbies,etcthatline upwithGodall came from
God. God made us all differentforareason!If we are goingto take a standfor Christ,we cannotbe
ashamedof howGod createdus, evenif people disapprove.We liveforGod’sapproval,notmans.
Before we came to Christ…we livedfor…
…our/othersglory
…our/othersway
…our/othersdesires
…our/otherspurpose
…To serve ourselves
In a nutshell,itwasabout“Me”. Wantingwhatwe want.
Because of Christ,we have a newnature,whichwantsto live for…
…God’s glory
….God’sway
….God’sdesires
….God’spurpose
….To serve Godand others
See the shiftfromourselvestoGod.EventhoughChristianshave done that,we all struggle withpleasing
ourselvesoverpleasingGodandothers.Onlywhenwe learntoaccept ourselvesthe wayGodseesus
and receive hislove forus…we cantrulyturnaround andlove others.Godwantsus to…

2. ….Glorifyhimineverything
…Embrace our interests,personalityandtalents
…Die to ourselvesandlive forhim
…Honor/Value otherslikeGoddoes.
….Showthe same grace and mercyto others
However,sometimes,people andevenourselvesgetinthe way.Here iswhy:
God People
In Christ Performance
Eternal Temporal
Holy Sinful
Trustworthy Fickle
Primary Secondary
We cannotput our whole trustinpeople where itneedstobe inGod. Yes,we are to trustpeople and
love people,butoursole devotionneedstobe JesusChrist.Onlyhe canbe the true friendthatwe are
all lookingfor.People willbe people,butwe canovercome sinbywalkinginGod’sgrace.We can learn
to treat othersthe waywe want to be treatedandnot getangry whenpeople donotdowhat we want
themto do.We have to learnto letgo…andletGod.
Caveat:We can onlybe whoGod callsus to be.Anythingonthe outside of thatwill notwork.Stopliving
for others,live forGodand embrace the personhe hasmade and calledyouto be.Stoptryingto fitinto
the worldssystem,live forGodandlove others. We are toworshipGod,not people.
We evenbeatourselvesup,here iswhy:
God Ourselves
Righteous Wretched
Proud Ashamed
Merciful Vengeful
Gracious Judgemental (Carnal)
Able Unable
Accepted Rejected

3. Whenwe live inthe spirit,we canlive undernocondemnationandlive inthe joyof the Lord.We need
to accept our weaknessesandsinssince we are notperfectedyet.We have beenmade righteousin
Christso we do notneedto be sinconscience,butwe needtobe righteousconscience sowe cansin
not.
We maynot be acceptedor rejectedbyothers…butdonotletthat define whoyouare.People donot
define whoyouare,Goddoes.Your identityisinhim…andyouare to live foryourcreator,not people.
Thisway,you can serve andworshipGodthe wayhe wantsyoudo, andlove otherssince Godlovesus.
We are more thanconquerorsthroughhimthat lovedus…we canwalkinhislove whenwe embrace the
creationwe are andour properfunction:toglorifyGod.We can be free fromlivingforpeople by
choosingtolive forGod inorder to please God.Yes,we are to make sacrificestoplease people,andyes,
we are to be genuinelyinterestedinotherswelfare,butwe are to put God firstandlive toglorifyhim.
You will wanttolove othersandbe concernedfortheirwelfare,butatthe same time,wantingtoplease
God. None of this,“Imhere to please Godand notpeople”attitude.
We are fearfullyandwonderfullymade,because we are made toobeyGod andto revere himinour
livesineverythingwe do.Butinorderto do that, we mustwrap our mindaroundhow God seesusand
valuesusso we can see andvalue othersthe same way.We can be free fromour sinnature and by living
for ourselvesandliveforGodand hisglory.Since Jesussavedusfromourselves,we are free toworship
himin spiritandintruth, whichmeansfollowinghimandtrustinghimwitheverything.
If you have not receivedJesusasyourLord and Savior,Iencourage youto do that rightnow.You can be
the personthat God callsyouto be anddo amazingthingsforGod. God usesthose whotrusthim.
Receive himtodaybyturningtoGod from yourcurrent life of sinandallow himtotransformyou.
Believe thatChristdiedforyoursins,wasburiedandrose againfromthe dead…itisthat simple.If you
have placedfaithinChrist,youare a childof God and destinedtodogreatthingsfor the kingdomof
God.
Remember,we are tonot have confidence inthe flesh…butinthe one wholovedus(Rom8:37). When
we receive God’slove andgrace,itempowersustoserve ineveryareaof our lives.We justhave to
receive hislove andlose ourselvesinthe process. Remember,we donothave to accept andapprove of
othersbehavior,butwe canlove people inspite of theirbehavior.
We are to accept ourselvesandothersincludingtheir:
1. Faults/Weaknesses
2. Interests
3. Hobbies
4. Goals
5. Personality

4. Whenyouaccept one another,otherpeople willacceptyou.
We are all growing,learning,andbeingtransformedfromglorytogloryinChrist(if a believer),sohelp
othersglorifyGodtoday.