Fearfully and Wonderfully

For you created my inmost being;

    you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:13-14)

On the Sanctity of Human Life Sunday, we often recall these words from the psalmist to affirm the value of human life.  It points to God’s knowledge and providential care of us even in the womb.  Before our eyes saw the light of day, God was shaping and forming us.  While all of this is very true, the psalmist is not just making a case for the value of unborn life.  The psalmist is reminding us that God is active and involved at every moment of our existence.

This is not just convicting information about the unborn.  It is consoling information for all of us.  We are not just fearfully and wonderfully made by God.  We are fearfully and wonderfully kept by God.  He is just as involved in your life today as he was when he formed you in the womb.  This day and every day was planned in advance by the God who formed you and keeps you.