Formed To Praise.

Formed To Praise. This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise. (Isaiah 43:21) We have been formed for God’s purposes and pleasure, to show forth his praises. He’s declaring to his children, that He is the reason why we have been formed. He is saying, “You have been made for me!” We belong to him and we have been formed for his purpose, and that purpose is to show forth praise. Formed = yatsah (Hebrew) = to mould, shape, to form. He is moulding us and forming us for His purpose. This word has connotations of a potter moulding clay, as he is squeezing the pottery into shape. We are being squeezed by the hand of God into the shape He wants us to be. To shew forth = literally means to inscribe, to put an inscription upon. God is moulding us to put his mark on us. To inscribe his purpose on us. This moulding occurs as we walk with God in our daily life. The believer’s life is all about transformation. We should desire to transformed into His image.