Before God made you, he imagined all you could become. He had a clear imagine of you at your fullest potential, then he went about forming you individually, equipping you with every strength, gift, talent, attribute, trait, and passion to one day become all he imagined.

Genesis 1:27 “So God created human beings in his own image.”

God created us with his imagination. He had an IMAGE of all we could be and then he formed us. Here’s the kicker, he didn’t use your image of you, he used HIS image of you. Maybe those two images are a world apart. I wonder what’s different about God’s image of you? What does God see in you that you don’t see in you?

Think about it. Before an artist creates, they have an image of what they want to form. An architect first has an image of what he wants to build. It is the image that first begins the creation.

And before God made you, he had an image of the woman you could become. Scripture says he knew you before he knit you in your mother’s womb. Before you even existed he knew you. How’s that possible? HE KNEW YOUR POTENTIAL. And it is your potential he saw when he began forming you.

Every detail of you was first imagined by God. God had an image of you, the BEST you, then he went about creating you in his own image.

Not your image of you. You see, you likely view yourself as a watered down version of who God sees. Isn’t it a good thing God didn’t create us based on our image of ourselves. No, he created us based on his own image.

What is God’s image of you? What does he see when he looks at you?

Contrary to the voice in your head which tells you you’re not good enough, God looks at you and sees his creation in progress. He sees his masterpiece forming. He’s using every circumstance and situation to form you into the person he had in mind all along. He’s knocking off the lumps here and there to reveal the real you, the true you, the image of you he had from the beginning.

He’s shaping and forming you from the inside out and we all know the process of being shaped and formed doesn’t always feel good. It feels more like being squeezed into tight spaces, forced into uncomfortable positions, chunks of you breaking off, pieces of you crushed. But if we could only see for a moment what God sees.

If we could only see how every single thing, I mean EVERY THING works together for good. God uses it all. Even the very things orchestrated in the pits of Hell sent to harm us, intended to set us back, God uses those things for a set up. And when God uses a set back as a set up, there’s only one thing we need to do … we need to step up. Step up and be who God created you to be. Begin living up to your potential.

I’m here to remind you this morning that there’s a whole lot more in you. There’s power in you that you’ve never tapped into yet. There’s strength within you that you didn’t know existed. There’s potential in you that only God knows about and if you were to get a full picture of that potential right now it would scare the crap out of you. And this is why life is only revealed one day at a time. You can’t handle the truth of all that remains in you currently untapped.

God creates with his imagination. Look at his creation. Sometimes I watch those Planet Earth shows and I’m mesmerized by the sheer beauty and creativity of our God. Over the past 5 days I’ve been hosting the BIG Life Retreat on the Big Island of Hawaii. Here, we’ve been living in a real life Planet Earth episode.

The waterfalls. Wow, 3 layers of waterfalls cascading through the most lush and tropical landscape. We flew over those waterfalls on a zipline, then we swam in those waterfalls and had a baptism. God made those waterfalls. He imagined their beauty and designed them with expertise.

The fish. My favorite fish was the Parrotfish. Irridescent colors of turquoise and pink as if God was feeling extra colorful on the day he designed it. By far the most colorful and beautiful fish in the reef. And then to find out the white sand beaches we all love are simply a result of the Parrotfish poop. FOR REAL! Did you know that? White sand is Parrotfish poop from all the coral they eat. How absolutely magical … and all by God’s great design.

But let me tell you about the manta ray. Last night, we swam with these magnificent creatures in the wild. Measuring 14 feet across, they brushed up against us as if to dance and show off their beauty and grace. GOD MADE THAT! And, no doubt, he made it happen. He made it happen in a way that the professional guides said is NOT NORMAL. And of course God did that because he wanted to show his girls the magnificence of his design and creation.

Sometimes I think God simply shows off for those who are seeking and those who will give him credit as the designer, creator and orchestrator. GOD, WE SAW YOU!

Romans 1: 19-20, “They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.”
God’s showing off in his creation. And somewhere in between the waterfalls, the exotic fish, the white sand beaches and the manta ray … is you.

You. He sat and pondered you. He considered what he wanted your life to be. The impact you could make in this world. He imagined all you could do and become. And with that image of potential in mind, he began forming you.

And he’s not done yet. You’re still being formed. Today you’re being shaped in preparation to meet your full potential.

You were made in his own image. His imagination created you. And he imagined you perfectly. You are his masterpiece. Girl, he’s just not done with you yet.

Follow Pamela on Instagram – https://instagram.com/headmamapamela
Or Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/pamela.crim
Find out more about BIG Life – http://biglifehq.com