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You
‘You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, how I was sculpted
from nothing into something’ – Psalm 139 v13-16 (the message)
It will come as no surprise to readers that I don’t know much about babies.
Despite being a teacher, my knowledge and experience with the youngest of the young is woefully poor. Still, I know that as I look at that picture, I am not on my own when I say that I know nothing about this child. I don’t know if it’s a he or a she, I don’t know what their name is, what this child’s life is like now, what kind of person they are – I don’t have a clue!
God knows though.
The psalmist paints a picture of God’s understanding of us in Psalm 139; I think it’s one of the most beautiful psalms to God in the bible. In it he talks about how God saw us being made, how he had every day of our lives written in his book even as we were being formed. How deeply and completely he knows us.
He watched us as we were sculpted...bit...by...bit. He knows us completely. Totally. Inside out.
When God looked at me, like I look at that child up there in the picture, he knew all the things that were going to happen to me. He knew what kind of person I was going to be, he knew what passions I would have, what difficulties I’d encounter, what longings I would have. What my life would be to him.
He knew all of these things and before I’d even drawn my 1st breath he had made his mind up about me, about all of us. It’s often hard to get our heads around this, when we think of all the ways we fall short. But knowing all that lay ahead, he loved us
Them
Him
Her
Me
You
John 3:16 says ‘For God so loved the world that he gave his only son’ that we might be saved through him. We know that one well don’t we? Sometimes I think we know it too well. I often let it roll off my tongue and slip out of my mouths without really knowing what it means. Knowing what it truly means today to be loved by someone so much that they will die for you.....you as you are....you today.
The Psalmist knew this loving God intimately. He stood in front of his creator, confident in Him and said ‘here I am, an open book, I’m yours, test me, speak to me, lead me on’. He knew that through God we have all been made from nothing into something. Jesus’ sacrifice shows us just how much God valued that ‘something’. I love the words of Martin Smith when he wrote ‘God didn’t screw up when he made you...He’s a Father who loves to Parade you’.
Your Father God made you. He cherishes you, He always has. He made you to be you. He has plans for you. He loves you.
Despite being a teacher, my knowledge and experience with the youngest of the young is woefully poor. Still, I know that as I look at that picture, I am not on my own when I say that I know nothing about this child. I don’t know if it’s a he or a she, I don’t know what their name is, what this child’s life is like now, what kind of person they are – I don’t have a clue!
God knows though.
The psalmist paints a picture of God’s understanding of us in Psalm 139; I think it’s one of the most beautiful psalms to God in the bible. In it he talks about how God saw us being made, how he had every day of our lives written in his book even as we were being formed. How deeply and completely he knows us.
He watched us as we were sculpted...bit...by...bit. He knows us completely. Totally. Inside out.
When God looked at me, like I look at that child up there in the picture, he knew all the things that were going to happen to me. He knew what kind of person I was going to be, he knew what passions I would have, what difficulties I’d encounter, what longings I would have. What my life would be to him.
He knew all of these things and before I’d even drawn my 1st breath he had made his mind up about me, about all of us. It’s often hard to get our heads around this, when we think of all the ways we fall short. But knowing all that lay ahead, he loved us
Them
Him
Her
Me
You
John 3:16 says ‘For God so loved the world that he gave his only son’ that we might be saved through him. We know that one well don’t we? Sometimes I think we know it too well. I often let it roll off my tongue and slip out of my mouths without really knowing what it means. Knowing what it truly means today to be loved by someone so much that they will die for you.....you as you are....you today.
The Psalmist knew this loving God intimately. He stood in front of his creator, confident in Him and said ‘here I am, an open book, I’m yours, test me, speak to me, lead me on’. He knew that through God we have all been made from nothing into something. Jesus’ sacrifice shows us just how much God valued that ‘something’. I love the words of Martin Smith when he wrote ‘God didn’t screw up when he made you...He’s a Father who loves to Parade you’.
Your Father God made you. He cherishes you, He always has. He made you to be you. He has plans for you. He loves you.
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