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planned the apples, as much as the tree. Just so we read in
Ephesians 1:4,

“You were created in Him before the foundations of the earth,
chosen in Him.”

You say, “I don’t have any trouble believing I was chosen in Him.”
Well, you’re the apple tree. And if you were chosen in Him, so
were the results of your life. Before the foundations of the earth,
your works were prepared.
Let me state it very simply and say it this way. Every Christian is
created by God into a “unique poem”. Before the earth was and
before you were born, your whole life was planned out. It was
ordained, and now you are created to walk in the plan that God
has already prepared. He not only equips you for the path, but
He also has equipped the path for you. Now when you and your
path get together, you will be fully equipped. This is what He is
saying. You can believe this with all of your heart. God equips
you for every appointment you’ll ever face in life.

He also prepares every opportunity in view of that equipment. He
creates you, and has a marvelous design for you. What’s
involved, we don’t know. It’s an unknown quantity. It’s going to
be joy, and it’s going to be sorrow. Times of difficulty, and testing.
There will be what we call “tragedy”. Believe it with all your
hearts, Christian, it is foreordained that you shall walk in it. Before
the foundations of the earth, it’s already planned. Sanctification.

Verse 10, every Christian is unique, and every Christian is
different. When He saved you, He threw away the mold. When
He saved you, He created you as a poem, as a literary
masterpiece, as a product of skilled labor. He did something in
you that He has not done in any other Christian. Don’t try to
change, or be anybody else. You are created in Christ Jesus.
You are His workmanship, created for a path that He’s
foreordained that you would walk in. This is part of your wealth.