S.H.A.P.E

Shaped For Serving God

Spiritual gifts

Heart

Abilities

Personality

Experience

"Your hands shaped me and made me."

Job 10:8

You were shaped to serve God.

God formed every creature on this planet with a special area of expertise. Some animals run, some hop, some swim, some burrow, and some fly. Each has a particular role to play, based on the way they were shaped by God. The same true is with humans. Each of us was uniquely designed, or "shaped", to do certain things.

As the Bible said, "We are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works." You are God's handcrafted work of art. You are not an assembly-line product, mass produce without thought. You are a custom-designed, one-of-a-kind, original masterpiece. God deliberately shaped and formed you to serve him in a way that makes your ministry unique.

Not only did God shaped you before your birth, he planned everyday of your life to support his shaping process. "Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed." God uses all of it to mold you for your ministry to others and shape you for your service to him.

God never wastes anything. He would not give you abilities, interest, talents, gifts, personality, and life experiences unless he intended to use them for his glory. By identifying and understanding these factors you can discover God's will for your life.

Don't settle for just achieving "the good life", because the good life is not good enough. Ultimately it doesn't satisfy. You can have a lot to live on and still have nothing to live for. Aim instead for "the better life" -- serving God in a way that expresses your heart. Figure out what you love to do -- What God gave you a heart to do -- and then do it for his glory.

"God works through different men in different ways, but it is the same God who achieves his perposes through them all."

1 Corinthians 12:6