[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Your story is already written

By Oke Chinye

Read: Jeremiah 1:1-10

Meditation verse:

“Then I said, “Behold, I come; in the scroll of the book, it is written of me” (Psalm  40:7).

Irrespective of the circumstances of your life, God thought about you, and  purposely put you in your mother’s womb. Your conception was not an accident.  Your birth was not a mistake. You purpose was determined before your arrival  here; the number of your years was decided by the One who put you here. The  story of your life has already been written by God; you are just living out the  script. And there are several scriptures that highlight these facts.  

Psalm 139:13-17 says, “For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my  mother’s womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well. My frame was not  hidden from You, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the lowest  parts of the earth. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your  book, they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were  none of them. How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is  the sum of them!”. 

Jeremiah 1:5 says ““Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you; before you  were born, I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations. “Romans 8:28-30 says “And we know that all things work together for good to those who  love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He  foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He  might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover, whom He predestined,  these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He  justified, these He also glorified”. 

One important question that we need to ponder over is “am I living out the script  written by God? The only way you can be certain that the script you are living is  the one predetermined by Him is if you have surrendered your life to Jesus Christ  as Your lord and Savior. Because if you have done so, you have the Holy Spirit in  you, working in you to will and do according to God’s will for your life. Outside  of this, chances are you are either living out your own script, the script dictated  by the world or even that dictated by the devil. Remember you will give an  account on the last day.

IN HIS PRESENCE is written by Pst (Mrs) Oke Chinye, Founder of The Rock Teaching Ministry (TRTM).

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