“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.” – Psalm 139:16
It’s pretty amazing to think that God thought about me before I was conceived. He “saw” me in His mind’s eye and planned everything about me, then brought it to pass. I marvel that men can say that life begins at birth, when it clearly states that I existed in the mind of God prior to being born, and He had a plan for me before my life began in my mother’s womb. This is demonstrated in Jeremiah 1:5 where God told Jeremiah that He had planned for him to be a prophet before he was born. “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.”
There is no doubt that before our conception, we were alive in the mind of the Lord. Through His divine power, His thoughts became substance, and the physical part of our being came into existence. Even that, in and of itself, is miraculous! How does one tiny cell become billions of cells that differentiate into all the different tissues and organs that make up the human body? Divine creation is the only explanation! It’s pretty humbling to think that the One who designed and created the universe and everything in it, thought about each of us as unique individuals and then created us in His image! “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness…” (Genesis 1:26) It’s wonderful to be a child of God!
Have thine own way, Lord! Have thine own way!
Thou art the potter, I am the clay.
Mold me and make me after thy will,
while I am waiting, yielded and still
Have thine own way, Lord! Have thine own way!
Hold o’er my being absolute sway.
Fill with thy Spirit till all shall see
Christ only, always, living in me!
(from “Have Thine Own Way, Lord” by Adelaide Addison Pollard and George Coles Stebbins)
“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.” – Psalm 139:14
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Before I was, I was, and I will forever be… with my Lord!