The Marvelous God Who Formed Us
Scripture reading for September 23: Psalm 139:13-18 “For You formed my inward parts; You knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are Your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from You, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in Your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. How precious are Your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! If I could count them, they are more than the sand. I awake and I am still with You.”
Ephesians 2:10 “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”
King David wrote this psalm in honor and worship of the God Who had formed him in his mother’s womb. David acknowledged that he was fearfully and wonderfully made. God did not make junk! Although man could not see or know the forming process, God saw to each detail and He alone is in charge of the secret process of forming an eternal soul with a human body.
Not only did God form each person, but He also planned and ordered the days of our existence on earth before we were even born! God has carefully thought about each person and has plans for their lives and where they live. In fact, David notes that if we could count God’s thoughts about us, they would outnumber the sand grains of the earth!
The Apostle Paul, writing to the Ephesians, repeated the same thought as he told the church that all believers are God’s ‘workmanship’. The Master Creator also does amazing new creation when we repent and believe on Jesus Christ. God has good works for each believer. They simply walk in them as they follow Jesus. Our amazing Lord will finish the work He has begun in us.
Prayer: Father God, thank You for the amazing workmanship in giving us new life through faith in Jesus Christ. Lead me each day to complete the works that You have prepared for me. May my thoughts line up with Your thoughts about me. Amen.
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