- we are God's handy work; the salt of the world. Do good works so that man will glorify God!
- God wants you to embrace the unique personality He has given you so that you can reach your full potential & purpose that he designed for your life (Matthew5:13-18 & Ephesians 2:10)
3 points:
-Point # 1: why you should do you
-Point # 2: how to do you
-Point # 3: what it means to do you
-Psalms 139:18 --> God thinks about you! When he thinks about you, He is not thinking about all of the reasons you're not qualified to be in His presence.. he's thinking about his plans for your life! His thoughts of you are precious. It doesn't say that they are "evil"
POINT 1: Why should you do you??
-reason #1: Because everyone else is already taken! (John 21:15-23)
For every time Peter denied Jesus (3 times), Jesus restores him saying "you loveth me.."
*If you try to be someone else, you can only be second best!
*You can lose so much time worrying about what everyone else is doing!! Do what God told YOU to do and stop worrying about what he's doing with everyone else.
--> 2 Corinthians 12:14-
-reason#2: when you DON'T do you, you rob yourself of the fulfillment of what God has called you to have, and you rob the world of the gift God has placed in you for his glory.
*We need everyone, every person, to do their part and DO THEM so that the kingdom of God can have the impact it's supposed to have. When we understand this, it frees us from insecurities and jealousy!
ex: your body. your nose isn't looking at your feet saying, "look at them. they think they something just because they carrying this body around.." or your ears to you eyes, "they think they can see? that's not so great. I can see better than they can!" --> NO YOU CAN'T! you're an "ear" --> just like in the body of Christ! It seems pretty silly for your body parts to be competing with one another right? This is the same in Christ's body. We are all members but we all have our own distinct styles and personalities for a reason.. we serve a God that loves diversity! Even identical twins have different fingerprints. What you do, and how you do it is distinctly you! Don't be jealous or compare your style to someone else's
*The only reason a born-again believer of Christ can be jealous is because they don't fully know and understand who they are! Because if they did, if they thought about all the thoughts God has of you, you'd be too busy trying to receive what he has for you than worrying about someone else!
Reason#3: --> Matthew 5:14-
- be who you are in the presence of other people because when you shine, God shines!
*John 1:18 says Jesus is the light of the world, but here in Matthew, he says that i'm the light. Are we both the light? Jesus says yes.
--> ex: The moon. A body that has no light of its own, but shines from the reflection of the "sun's" light- when you embrace who you are in Christ you shine your light unto the world and allow the "son" to be seen, even when the "sun" isn't.
(referenced: 1 Corinthians6:17)
This goes far beyond your physical needs- the new job, etc.
Reason#4: -->Romans 8:19
- the most creative person lives IN you AND he's your dad!! You have enough power to change the whole world! There's enough ideas, solutions, etc. in first service alone to change the world in 24 hrs, but we've suppressed it.
--> It comes down to this: everyone wants to be "liked," to fit in! but what happens is that you try to fit in so much to the point where you suppress the person god has called you to be, not just to be a blessing for yourself but to be a blessing for someone else [basically you're hindering someone else from getting blessed when you aren't yourself! wow!]
-sometimes we don't reach our full potential because we feel like we're so different [wrong size, shape, skin color, personality, etc] that people won't accept us, etc.
POINT #2: How to do you (ref'd scriptures: Isaiah 43, Daniel 32)
1) prayer (Luke 6:12) --> You can't do you (in Christ) if you don't have a prayer life. Throughout the bible you see Jesus praying.. later you see Jesus saying he has to go to a certain town or city. HOW does he know he's to go there? Because he's in connect with God. You'll never know what you're supposed to do if you don't pray to the one who does know!
2)find yourself in the word of God (john1:19-23)
3)Get rid of limited thinking (Luke 37)
4)step out on faith--> Well, God didn't save you for security! You're not always going to be comfortable. Sometimes to follow God, you are going to have to take some risks! *It may seem like a risk to you, but to god, it's a sure thing.
5)Learn to keep a secret (Matthew 6:5-6) --> there are times where you can't tell everybody everything God is going to do in you
6)Let go of the weights that beset you (doesn't always have to be sin, although that is included)
ex: you want to be a millionaire but can't balance a check! Hebrews 12:1-2; Proverbs 7:17
7)Understand your need for divine connection with others (Ephesians 4:16)
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