Celebrating You-FULL SERMON | Joyce Meyer

Embracing the You God Designed: A Call to Celebrate His Work in You

You are fearfully and wonderfully made—crafted with intention, purpose, and divine care. When you pause to consider all God designed your body and soul to do, you begin to realize something powerful: God is pleased with His creation… and that includes you.

Tonight’s message is simple but often difficult to receive: learn to celebrate the person God has made you to be.

Many believers feel guilty even thinking about celebrating themselves. It sounds prideful or self-centered. But true celebration isn’t about ego—it’s about honoring the work of God. If He delights in you, why shouldn’t you acknowledge His handiwork?

We rarely struggle to remember our mistakes, but we almost never take time to appreciate the things God has helped us overcome or the growth He has produced in us. The enemy is intentional—he highlights your failures to distract you from your calling. But Scripture encourages us to “look away from all that distracts.” Constant self-criticism is a distraction.

We celebrate everything—birthdays, weddings, promotions—yet we never celebrate the person living inside our own skin. And this matters, because if you always take care of others but never yourself, eventually you run dry. Over time, guilt becomes your motivator, resentment becomes your companion, and you lose the joy God designed you to walk in.

But God thinks differently.
Zephaniah 3:17 says He rejoices over you with singing. He rests in delight over His creation. And once you’ve repented, He never brings up your past again. If you wake up hearing accusations, that voice is not God’s.

Psalm 139 reminds us of the intimate detail with which He formed us in our mother’s womb. You are not a mistake, not a flaw, not an accident. The unique quirks you wish you didn’t have are purposeful. God loves variety, and you are part of His creative expression.

The psalmist boldly said, “I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” That isn’t pride—it’s gratitude. He was celebrating what God created.

Your body alone is a miracle. Every second it produces millions of new cells. Your heart never stops working. Your brain interprets pain yet never feels pain itself. Your eyes can recognize millions of colors. Your blood travels thousands of miles inside you every single day. You breathe over 20,000 times without thinking about it.

You are a masterpiece.

And God’s thoughts toward you outnumber all the grains of sand on the earth. Not one moment passes when He does not love you—fully, completely, unconditionally. His love isn’t based on your performance; it flows from who He is.

God is pleased with you—not because you’ve done everything right, but because you are His. Just as parents love their children even when they disobey, God loves you because you belong to Him.

Religion has made many of us afraid to say what is true:
God delights in me. God loves me. God created me with purpose.

This isn’t pride; it’s alignment with Scripture.

You are not called to think more highly of yourself than you should, but God never asked you to think less of yourself. He did not design you to hate the person He created. You were “bought with a price,” purchased by the blood of Christ. That alone reveals your value.

And because your body is God’s dwelling place, He calls you to care for it—not out of vanity but out of reverence. Just as you would never choose a broken, neglected church building to worship in, we must honor the physical “house” God lives in.

You are God’s ambassador, His representative in the world. So take what you have been given and honor Him with it. Celebrate the person He crafted. Care for yourself without guilt. Love the creation He calls good.

Because you—uniquely, intentionally, wonderfully—are worth celebrating.