You Were Formed With Purpose
You Were Known Before You Were Born: Walking in the Purpose That was Written for You
Happy Friday, hope we’re doing well. I’ve had a few verses pulling at me all week, each pointing back to one truth that never gets old: God knew who we were long before we ever took our first breath. Purpose is not something we stumble into by chance, it is something He established before time moved.
Think about the words given to Jeremiah. “Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee.” - Jeremiah 1:5
Before he had a body, before he had a name, before he ever opened his eyes, God already knew him. That means our identity does not begin at birth. It begins in God. We existed in His mind and intention before we existed in flesh, and that truth alone should steady us in a world that constantly tries to redefine who we are.
David understood this too. “For thou hast possessed my reins, thou hast covered me in my mother's womb… thy eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect, and in thy book all my members were written.” - Psalm 139:13–16
Nothing about our lives is random. Every detail, the struggles, the victories, and the lessons, has been part of a story God already knew. We are not drifting without direction. We are walking through days He wrote with purpose, and the more we learn to surrender our plans to His, the clearer our calling becomes.
Paul echoes the same truth. “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” - Ephesians 2:10
We are not accidents trying to find meaning. We are vessels shaped by the hands of the Creator for works He prepared beforehand. That means purpose is not something we invent. It is something we step into by aligning ourselves with Him. And the more we walk with Christ, the more we realize His plans carry more weight than our ambitions ever could.
“Many are the devices in a man's heart, nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.” - Proverbs 19:21
We all imagine what life should look like. We build plans, chase goals, and try to control outcomes. But God’s purpose is what endures. The tension comes when our desires collide with His direction, yet every time we yield, we gain clarity. His way is straighter, lighter, and rooted in truth.
Isaiah speaks to this identity as well. “The Lord hath called me from the womb, from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.” - Isaiah 49:1
Before anyone spoke your name on earth, God already knew it in heaven. That means the world cannot define you, and people cannot strip away what God has appointed. Every weakness, every fear, every unanswered question is something He can work through when we choose to trust Him.
And even when life doesn’t look the way we expected, God weaves it together for good. “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” - Romans 8:28
Nothing we face is wasted. God uses loss, waiting, discipline, and even our failures to sharpen us into the men and women He intended us to become. His purpose is not fragile. It does not break under pressure. It carries us through it.
So as we close out the week, let’s remember this together:
We were known before we were formed.
We were called before we were born.
We were equipped long before we understood our own lives.
Walk boldly in that truth. God already wrote the pages — we’re simply learning to read them as we go.
