LEARNING DAILY

 

Psalm 139: 14, 16, 14) I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well. 16) Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were all written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them.

 

Psalm 139 makes it clear that God cares for and is actively involved with the development of each human life from the moment of conception. From the verses written above we can see that God brings us into this life with a purpose; we are not born into this world to live aimlessly. The human body is amazingly made. It is made of billions of cells and amazing parts that only God could have created. Read the verses above again and understand the care in which God made each individual. When He made you. He gave you value and worth. God is the only One who knows you and me intimately because He “fashioned” each of us into who we are.

 

The Bridgeway Commentary writes, “Being the Creator, God has perfect knowledge of those He created. He knows their innermost thoughts as well as their physical characteristics, and has a detailed knowledge of their lives that are yet to be.” There is no way any of us can hide from Him. The DJSB notes tell us, “This is the basis for the self-esteem and self-worth for every Believer – God has made each person.”

 

The phrase “the days fashioned for me” is interesting. God does not know our thoughts and what we do, He also has a plan for our lives. His intention is for no one to perish but for each person to accept Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord (see 2 Peter 3:9). Then He expects those who do to walk on the narrow way to eternal life in His kingdom; part of that walk is a life of service to Him.

 

The psalmist goes on to write in verse 17, “How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them.” You are so important and precious to Him that He thinks of you all the time. You and I can find comfort knowing that God is constantly aware of your needs, troubles, and suffering, and He has plans for our care, forgiveness and sanctification (cleaning each of us from sin). I hope that just blesses you today and gives you encouragement to face your circumstances and situation. God knows all about it and wants you to place your faith and trust in Him.

 

With that being said, I want to say, “Happy birthday, Charlotte”! You have been “fearfully and wonderfully made”!

 

From now on DJSB will be used to note information or quotes from the David Jeremiah Study Bible and LSSB will refer to information and quotes from the Life in the Spirit Study Bible.  I have added Jimmy Swaggart’s Expositor’s Study Bible to be referred to from now on as JSESB.