May 2, 2023: God Makes No Mistakes

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you..." (Jeremiah 1:5, ESV)

God makes no mistakes! You are not a mistake. You are not an 'oops!' God declares to Jeremiah as He declares to all of us, "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you..."  The basic understanding of the word formed is “to create by forming,” “to fashion.”  The same word is used in Genesis 2:7, as God is creating man. God formed man out of the dust of the earth. The prophets often used the word as they spoke of the potter forming or fashioning things with his hands. This tells us we are not a mistake no matter how we arrive! It means that before we were in the womb, God was already thinking about us, every little detail. He formed us with purpose, with a divine assignment.

For God to say, I knew you; He declares that He knows us in the most intimate way. He knows what we like, what we desire, and what we will think about. He knows us better than we know ourselves. It was the same word used of Moses as He knew God face to face.

God has set you and me apart for a specific purpose. We can't see ourselves as insignificant we can only look into God's plan and follow Him. For some, it is being the best mom you can be. To another, it may be a world changer. Big or small, each of us is important enough to God that He would think about us before we were conceived.