Written In His Book
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Psalm 33:6-11
6. By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and all their host by the breath of his mouth. 7. He gathered the waters of the sea as in a bottle; he put the deeps in storehouses. 8. Let all the earth fear the Lord, let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him! 9. For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood forth. 10. The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nought; he frustrates the plans of the peoples. 11. The counsel of the Lord stands for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
Psalm 139:13-16
13. For thou didst form my inward parts, thou didst knit me together in my mother's womb. 14. I praise thee, for thou art fearful and wonderful. Wonderful are thy works! Thou knowest me right well; 15. my frame was not hidden from thee, when I was being made in secret, intricately wrought in the depths of the earth. 16. Thy eyes beheld my unformed substance; in thy book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.
Jeremiah 23:23-24
23. "Am I a God at hand, says the Lord, and not a God afar off? 24. Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? says the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the Lord.
Quite a bit of scripture this morning – not much to say because I think these three pretty much sum it up! God is in heaven. He is in charge. He knows what he’s doing. We don’t need to worry about his job performance! He is smarter than we are; wiser than we are; and certainly bigger and stronger than we are!
These passages remind me that not only is God in charge of the world, the seasons, and the landscape and the animals and plants and the stars in the sky, he also desires to be, and is, intimately involved with me and my life! He cares what I think and what I do. He observes what I say and how I act. I am his intricate handiwork, crafted and created in love.
Each of us is woven together by God’s plan. He put us on this earth together for a reason. He has a purpose and a plan for each of us. Our challenge is to tap into his mind, and then obey. We can only do that through prayer, reflection, reading scripture and then more prayer. We won’t ever have it all figured out, but we can make an attempt at achieving what God desires for us to accomplish. His love is manifest in us when we offer that love to others.
The same God who created a thousand universes with a single thought, made you and me. He gave us shape and form and purpose. We strive to figure out how the human body works—and we may have it all figured out some day, but we’ll never be able to tap into the soul. That is God-breathed. It is his secret—the secret place within us that continually draws us to him. No matter how much knowledge we acquire, no matter how technologically advance we become, no matter what we achieve, it will be nothing more than a childish effort, compared to the might of God, because his a God far off and a God at hand.
I hope today you take some time to marvel at all that man has accomplished. And that you’ll lift your eyes to heaven and thank God for making man the most amazing accomplishment of all.
Mary
