“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11
Do you realize that you were purposefully, lovingly, and carefully designed by God?
King David said it like this:
“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”
Psalms 139:13-14 (NIV)
Your eyes, brain, heart, muscles, nerves, fingernails, eyelashes, smile, everything about you God created. He created you with intense purpose and did not make one mistake in forming you!
Not only are you wonderfully complex, but you were also planned before life as we know it existed, by your Heavenly Father.
Even as you read these words, your body is doing some incredible things—without your conscious consent. Your fingers are scrolling, your eyes are capturing, your brain is processing…
All the while, your heart is pumping blood, your lungs are managing breath, your eyelids are blinking away dryness, your blood cells are multiplying by the second, your brain is directing your body while simultaneously storing memory—and so much more.
David also points out in other portions of Psalm 139 that God knows everything about us…
“My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand— when I awake, I am still with you.”
Psalms 139:15-18 (NIV)
His presence is inescapable, and He thinks about us so much that such thoughts cannot be numbered!
The God that created the heavens and the earth, everything in the sea's and on the land, decided that the world needed one of you!
The Point? You are uniquely and intentionally created by God to love Him and His people around you—to know Him, and to make Him known. Do not think ill of yourself, for the almighty God that created you does not think ill of you!
Prayer
God, thank You for intentionally forming me. Rid my mind of any self-doubt and discontentment. I am Your unique design. I am known. I am a fearfully and wonderfully made masterpiece! Teach me to fully embrace this truth and rest confidently in You. Help me to show your people that they also are fearfully and wonderfully made.
In Jesus' mighty name, Amen.
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