Verse of the day: Psalm 139:13-14 For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb. 14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.
You and I were not mistakes. Regardless of how we came to be born, God makes no mistakes. God created each of us for a purpose (His purpose). He knew us long before we were thought of by our parents; and even though some of us came into the world “accidentally” (humanly speaking); not one of us is an “accident” to God. Before we were conceived, God already knew us, and had a plan for our lives (Jer 1:5). This passage is clear that God created each of us by His own Hand. Every life that is in the womb is precious to God. So often, we allow other people’s opinions of us determine our worth before God. We may have had parents, siblings, friends, teachers, or spouses, who put us down or mistreated us, because of their expectations or their own issues. We may lack talents or abilities that others possessed, and we compared ourselves to them, making ourselves feel inadequate. The truth of the matter is that the only Person we should be comparing ourselves to is Jesus, our Creator; for He is our Measure, and it is He that we fall short of (Rom 3:23). It is only in Jesus that we find our true worth, and only in Him can we know God’s plan for our lives. The Scriptures are very clear that God fearfully and wonderfully made each of us. Have you ever stopped and just pondered how amazing it is that our bodies function the way they do? How there are so many things working within us that we do not think about, and how they work together to allow us to do what we do each and every day? How our organs and body parts work together so that we can accomplish the simplest or most complicated of tasks? Yes, there are those who are born with deformities, lacking eye sight, speech or hearing. Yet, God often provides them some other ability that helps them compensate for what may be lacking. Sin entering into the world has marred God’s perfect, and beautiful, creation. However, I have seen God use people with disabilities in such a way that has left people who are fully functional, as a whole, in awe. During creation, after each thing God created, He saw that it was good (Genesis 1). However, after He created man, God saw that it was very good (Gen 1:31). Of all of God’s creation, it is the creation of man that God gives the most detail about (Gen 2:7). It was for man that He created, that He came and died for, and not for anything else He created (John 3:16). Regardless of what others say about us; regardless of other people’s opinions, we are special to our Creator. Interestingly, the word “made”, used after “fearfully and wonderfully”, means “to be distinct, be separated, set apart”. We were each set apart to God, but not one of us will truly enjoy the purpose of that “setting apart” until we call upon Jesus, and accept eternal life that can only be found in Him. With all that said, may I also caution us that we need to be careful about our words toward others? The Scripture is clear that as born again believers, we must see others as better than ourselves (Phil 2:3). Let us always speak words of encouragement to one another, and not words that make others feel less than valuable to our God; for in doing so, we not only sin against that person, but we sin against God (Ps 19:14; Eph 4:29; Heb 10:25). Regardless of our talents, abilities, looks, physical appearance, or intellectual ability, we were created exactly the way God wanted to create us; and we were created for Him, His purpose(s), His glory. Let us work diligently to find that purpose, keeping our eyes on Him, encouraging one another, and reminding ourselves that God’s work is marvelous (to include us), and God never, ever, makes a mistake (even in how He created each of us).
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