Psalm 139:13-18

January 31, 2022

13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
    and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
    Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.
15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,
    as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
16 You saw me before I was born.
    Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
    before a single day had passed.

17 How precious are your thoughts about me,[a] O God.
    They cannot be numbered!
18 I can’t even count them;
    they outnumber the grains of sand!
And when I wake up,
    you are still with me!


Psalm 139:13-18 NLT

  • What does this teach us about God?

    • God is the creator, our creator, and is still creating (v.13)
    • God is intentional with His creation (v.14)
    • God cares deeply about each and every one of us. (v.15)
    • God is omniscient/all-knowing (v.16)
    • God has had a plan and purpose for us from the very beginning (v.16)
    • God has a deep and infinite love for us (v.17)
    • God is with us (v.18)

  • What does this teach us about people/ourselves?

    • We are created by God (v.13)
    • We are God's wonderful workmanship (v.14)
    • The complexities of creation are a reflection of God's love and care (v.14)
    • We should recognize God's work because we see it every day (v.14)
    • We were created for a purpose (v.15)
    • We cannot suprise God in our sin or in our victories (v.16)
    • We should be in awe of God and respond with worship (v.17)
    • We are never ouside of God's reach (v.18)

  • By God's grace, how will you obey?

    • Recognize the work God has done and the work He is still doing
    • Aim to make His thoughts my thoughts
    • Find awe in the wonder works of God
    • Love others for what they are: God's creation
    • Run TO the Lord exactly as I am knowing He won't be surprised with or ashamed of me

Prayer: Thank you, God, for not only creating us, but intentionally knitting and weaving every fabric of our being to be a reflection of your great love for us. Thank you for thinking of us before we were even thought of by our own mother and father. We know that we have been created in your image and we know that you have given us a purpose. We ask, through the Spirit that you have given us, that our thoughts would be more like your thoughts and that our ways would be more like your ways. We ask that you would reveal to us the purpose that you designed for us and that we would faithfully follow wherever you would ask us to go.

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