Every Tool Has a Job

Read

Psalm 139:14 (NIrV) “How you made me is amazing and wonderful. I praise you for that. What you have done is wonderful. I know that very well.”

Think

Open up a toolbox, and what do you find?

A hammer for pounding nails. A screwdriver for turning screws. A tape measure for measuring how long things are. A level with a little bubble that shows if a picture frame is straight.

Each tool looks different. Each one does something different. And a good builder needs all of them. You can’t pound a nail with a tape measure! Well, you could try, but it wouldn’t go very well.

Every tool in the box has a job.

God made people with a job too. And this month’s memory verse helps us celebrate that.

“How you made me is amazing and wonderful. I praise you for that. What you have done is wonderful. I know that very well.”

This week we learned that God didn’t just make you. He made you for a purpose. You are God’s handiwork, created to do good works. You are a light in the world. You can set an example, even as a kid.

And just like the tools in a toolbox, your purpose might look different from someone else’s. Maybe God made you great at noticing when people are sad. Maybe you’re a good listener, a hard worker, or a great encourager.

None of that is an accident. “What you have done is wonderful,” the verse says. God did it! He shaped you on purpose, for a purpose.

Sometimes kids compare themselves to others. “I wish I could sing like her.” “I wish I could run like him.” But a hammer doesn’t need to be a screwdriver. It just needs to be a really good hammer.

You don’t have to be someone else. God made you to be you.

Here’s the most important thing. There is one purpose every single person shares. It’s to know God and love him. Every other purpose grows out of that one.

So praise God today for how he made you. And trust that he has good work for you to do. You can know that very well.

Apply

Ask about your purpose – Ask someone in your family, “What’s something you think God made me good at?” Then thank God for making you just the way you are.

Pray

God, how you made me is amazing and wonderful. Thank you for making me on purpose and for a purpose. Help me be the best me I can be for you. In Jesus’ name. Amen.