We are fearfully and wonderfully made

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This verse from Psalm 139:14 written by David is the well-known exaltation that God took the effort to personally make each and every one of us. We are fearfully and wonderfully made! We know from Jeremiah 1:5 that the LORD Himself proclaimed that He knew Jeremiah before He formed him in his mother’s womb. Before he was born, He had sanctified and ordained Jeremiah to be a prophet unto the nations. In Ephesians 1:4, Paul asserts that God chose us before the foundations of the world, to be holy and acceptable to Him.

As we are the only created beings that are made in the image of God (Genesis 1:27), we are special in and to God. We have the means and capacity to know God personally, to have a personal and direct relationship with God. Made possible because of the death and resurrection of Christ, reconciling us to God after the fall of mankind.

What is the consequence to us? Obviously, we do not exist for the moment, fleeting like flowers in the field who come and go in the day. We are here for the long haul, here on earth and thereafter. We do not merely disappear and cease to exist once we lose our breadth and our human bodies decompose and rot away. Our souls live on forever. The question is, will we live on in the presence of our Saviour and Lord and our Heavenly Father, or will we live on in damnation in the place where there is gnashing of teeth.

We are not only fearfully and wonderfully made as a natural consequence but for a purpose. God has plans for each and every one of us. His salvation and our role in His Kingdom of Grace. We are each a square peg to perfectly fit that square hole. We are that brick on the wall to make up that wall.

Yes, we only live once here on earth. As much as we want to do as much and experience as much of this world, remember that this is also our only chance to give ourselves unto God and live for Him and serve Him. We can’t live for Him anymore once we depart from this earth. We can’t serve Him anymore once we no longer participate in the affairs of this world. We only live once. Use it for the glory of God! Don’t miss out on this God-given opportunity, for we are fearfully and wonderfully made! God knew us before we were in our mother’s womb. He chose us before the foundations of the world.