Jesus knew you before He formed you. You have been set apart for God’s glory.

Jesus knew you before He formed you. You have been set apart for God’s glory.

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew [yada] you; before you were born I sanctified [qadash] you” (Jer 1:5)

“he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.” (2Tim 2:21)

“make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight” (Heb 13:21)

“Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” (1Cor 10:31)

“If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability [ischus] which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ” (1Pet 4:11)

“that you would walk worthy of God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.” (1Thes 2:12)

“For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body[fn] and in your spirit, which are God’s.” (1Cor 6:20)

“Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this matter.” (1Pet 4:16)

“that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Rom 15:6)

“I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called” (Eph 4:1)

“for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.” (Phil 2:13)

“Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing [euarestos] to Him.” (2Cor 5:9)

“But as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who tests our hearts.” (1Thes 2:4)

“that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.” (2Thes 1:12)

Reading: Jer 1-3; 2Cor 3