Psalm 139:15-18 "My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. (16) Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. (17) How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! (18) If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee."
As I begin to write concerning these verses, my mind goes back to verse 6,
"Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto
it." Such knowledge is too wonderful ... It's filled with might and wonder
and power and grace. When I was being formed in my mother's womb, God saw me
and knew me. "All my members were written in thy book." I think of
the Prophet Jeremiah, "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and
before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee
a prophet unto the nations." (Jeremiah 1:5) I am compelled to speak
concerning the sanctity of life. When does life begin? I have somewhat of a
different take on this subject. I believe life, itself, began when God breathed
the breath of life into Adam's nostrils. Bear me out. Life does not begin at
birth. Life does not begin at conception. That precious gift of life continues
at conception in the form of a new being when two living cells join together.
It isn't just an embryo. It isn't just a fetus. God sees and knows us as tiny baby
human beings through all of the process of growth in the mother's
womb. I was not hidden from Him when my substance was made in secret. I
am so thankful for the precious gift of life that God saw fit to breathe into
us.
But then to think about this... "How precious also are thy thoughts unto
me, O God!" From the very beginning, God loved us and designed the plan
whereby His precious Son would come into this earth and lay down His life. God
loved us and declared that only the blood of the very Lamb of God, Jesus
Christ, would be made the proper atonement for our sins. In that perfect love,
God gave us life and purpose. We read in Jeremiah 29:11, "For I know the
thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of
evil, to give you an expected end." Yes, I know that is specifically
spoken to the nation of Judah, but I find great comfort to know God has a plan
for my life. Don't you? Also we read in Jeremiah 31:3, "The LORD hath
appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting
love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee." Again, I know it
was written specifically to Judah, but I find great assurance to know that God
has always loved me and He always will love me. Thank you Heavenly Father!
Thank you Jesus! Thank you Holy Spirit!
1 The love of God is greater far than tongue or pen can ever tell;
it goes beyond the highest star, and reaches to the lowest hell;
the guilty pair, bowed down with care, God gave His Son to win;
His erring child He reconciled, and pardoned from his sin.
Refrain:
O love of God, how rich and pure!
How measureless and strong!
It shall forevermore endure:
the saints’ and angels’ song!
3 Could we with ink the ocean fill and were the skies of parchment made,
were ev’ry stalk on earth a quill and ev’ry man a scribe by trade,
to write the love of God above would drain the ocean dry;
nor could the scroll contain the whole, tho' stretched from sky to sky.
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