READ:
Psalm 139:1-16
I will praise You, for I am
fearfully and wonderfully
made. -Psalm 139:14
When I was a child, someone close to me thought they could motivate me to do better by frequently asking me, "Why are you so stupid?" I didn't know how much this had affected me until I was a teenager and heard someone behind me say, "Stupid!" At the word, I quickly turned around, thinking he was talking to me.
Knowing Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord helped me to realize that because God created me in His image (Genesis 1:27), I'm not stupid but am "fearfully and wonderfully made" (Psalm 139:14). God declares that all He has made is "very good" (Genesis 1:31), and the Psalms remind us that we are "skillfully wrought" (Psalm 139:15).
The psalmist David describes how God knows each one of us intimately: "O LORD, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways" (vv.1-3).
Not only are we wonderfully made, but because of Christ's death on the cross, we can also be wonderfully restored to a right relationship with God. "If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation....All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ" (2 Corinthians 5:17-18 NIV). - Albert Lee
In His own image God created man,
He formed his body from the dust of the earth;
But more than that, to all who are in Christ
He gives eternal life by second birth. -Hess
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Each person is a unique expression
of God's loving design.
INSIGHT
This ancient text speaks with surprising clarity to our present age. In many places around the globe today, the personhood of the unborn is vehemently debated. Yet as David reflected on the matter, he affirmed that a developing fetus is undoubtedly a person. Indeed, God has mapped out this young life in His "book" of providence (v.16).
Have a blessed day and weekend.
God Our Creator's Love Always
Unity & Peace
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