THE BEAUTIFUL YOU 

THE BEAUTIFUL YOU: YOU ARE MADE TO THRIVE AND NOT BE A SURVIVAL IN THE GRACE! 

“He has MADE everything BEAUTIFUL and APPROPRIATE in its time. He has also planted ETERNITY [a sense of DIVINE PURPOSE] in the HUMAN HEART [a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God]—yet man cannot find out (comprehend, grasp) what God has done (His overall plan) from the beginning to the end” Ecclesiastes 3:11/Amplified. 

It is time to COLOUR YOUR WORLD by what God made you to be in Christ Jesus’ stead — otherwise it is ADULTERATION and a COUNTERFEIT: FAKE, MAN-MADE and MAKE-BELIEVE. And that will make you less than God’s definition of you and for you, in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a NEW CREATION: old things are passed away; behold, all things are BECOME NEW” 2 Corinthians 5:17/NKJV. 

“God [in His ETERNAL PLAN] CHOSE to make KNOWN to them how GREAT for the Gentiles are the RICHES of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in and among you, the HOPE and GUARANTEE of [realizing the] glory” Colossians 1:27/Amplified. 

Beloved Friends, here is another gracious opportunity to remind you to lift your head, square your shoulders, and walk on your high heels of FAITH in Christ Jesus’ stead, knowing that you are — fearfully, wonderfully and colourfully — MADE to THRIVE and not to SURVIVE, in grace and in God’s BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

You need to embrace the New You in Christ, live it and enjoy it. You are made to THRIVE and not to SURVIVE as an OVERCOMER of the world system, in doing life and living godly in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

You ARE defined to be TRIUMPHANT, VICTORIOUS, MORE THAN A CONQUEROR and an OVERCOMER in Christ Jesus’ stead, in the face of all odds and ends in life and godliness, simply because of what God HAS DONE in you by Christ Jesus. Amen. 

[1 John 5:3-5; 2 Corinthians 2:14; Romans 8:37; 1 Corinthians 15:57] 

Be Blessed in God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus’ stead. Amen. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a NEW CREATION: old things are passed away; behold, all things are BECOME NEW” 2 Corinthians 5:17. 

“. . . I will praise thee; for I am FEARFULLY and WONDERFULLY MADE: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well . . .” (Psalms 139:12-18). 

“. . . that our SONS may be as plants GROWN up in their YOUTH; that our DAUGHTERS may be as corner stones, POLISHED after the SIMILITUDE of a PALACE . . .” Psalms 144:11-15. 

“And God said, Let us MAKE man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have DOMINION over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God CREATED man in his own image, in the image of God CREATED he him; MALE and FEMALE created he them. 28 And God BLESSED THEM, and God SAID unto THEM, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth . . . 31 And God saw every thing that he had MADE, and, behold, it was VERY GOOD. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day” Genesis 1:26-31. 

“. . . 4 WHAT IS MAN that You are mindful of him, and THE SON OF MAN that You visit him? 5 For You have MADE him a little lower than the angels, and You have CROWNED him with glory and honour. 6 You have MADE him to have DOMINION over the works of Your hands; you have put all things under his feet, 7 All sheep and oxen— even the beasts of the field, 8 The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea that pass through the paths of the seas. . . .” Psalms 8:1-9. 

“Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me. 12 I have MADE the earth, and CREATED MAN upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded” Isaiah 45:11-12. 

SUMMARY: 

The message is a charge to embrace your God-given identity in Christ: THE BEAUTIFUL YOU — MADE TO THRIVE AND NOT TO SURVIVE. It calls every believer to reject counterfeit, man-made versions of themselves and to walk in the grace, beauty and divine purpose God ordained from eternity. Through Scripture, it reminds us that we are fearfully, wonderfully and colourfully made, new creations in Christ Jesus, chosen and crowned to have dominion, and empowered by the Holy Spirit to live triumphantly in God’s blessedness. 

KEY POINTS 

1. YOU ARE GOD’S MASTERPIECE 
   “He has MADE everything BEAUTIFUL and APPROPRIATE in its time… and planted ETERNITY in the HUMAN HEART” (Ecclesiastes 3:11/Amplified.) 
   You are FEARFULLY and WONDERFULLY MADE (Psalm 139:14), created in GOD’S IMAGE IN CHRIST (Genesis 1:26-27) and called VERY GOOD by God Himself (Genesis 1:31).
2. NEW CREATION IDENTITY 
   “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a NEW CREATION: old things are passed away; behold, all things are BECOME NEW” (2 Corinthians 5:17). 
   Christ in you is the HOPE and GUARANTEE of glory (Colossians 1:27). You are no longer defined by the world system, but by grace.
3. THE DANGER OF ADULTERATION 
   To live outside what God made you to be is ADULTERATION and a COUNTERFEIT: FAKE, MAN-MADE and MAKE-BELIEVE. 
   That makes you less than God’s definition of you and for you, in Christ Jesus’ stead.
4. CALLED TO THRIVE, NOT SURVIVE 
   You are MADE to THRIVE and not to SURVIVE. Lift your head, square your shoulders, and walk on your high heels of FAITH. 
   You are defined as TRIUMPHANT, VICTORIOUS, MORE THAN A CONQUEROR and an OVERCOMER (Romans 8:37; 1 Corinthians 15:57) because of what God HAS DONE in you by Christ Jesus.
5. CROWNED WITH PURPOSE AND DOMINION 
   God has CROWNED man with glory and honour and given DOMINION over the works of His hands (Psalm 8:5-6). 
   Sons are to be like plants grown in youth, daughters like corner stones, POLISHED after the SIMILITUDE of a PALACE (Psalm 144:12).
6. GRACE AND BLESSEDNESS 
   God’s commandments are not grievous (1 John 5:3-5). In Christ we live and do life godly, in God’s BLESSEDNESS, not by striving. 

CALL TO ACTION 

1. COLOUR YOUR WORLD by what God made you to be in Christ Jesus’ stead. Refuse adulteration and counterfeit living.
2. EMBRACE THE NEW YOU IN CHRIST — live it and enjoy it.
3. WALK IN FAITH — lift your head, walk as an OVERCOMER, knowing you are eternally defined and crafted with God’s Spirit within.
4. PONDER THE WORD — meditate on Scriptures about your identity: 2 Corinthians 5:17, Psalm 139, Psalm 8, Genesis 1, Isaiah 45.
5. THRIVE IN GRACE — receive God’s grace and blessedness, and walk out your divine purpose daily. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI