08.18.2023 | FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE
FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE
Psalm 139:13-14 (NKJV)
For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb. (NIV: You knit me together in my mother’s womb). I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well.
Psalm 139:15
My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth (NLT: woven together in the dark of the womb).
Psalm 139:16
Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them.
Psalm 139:17-18
How precious also are Your thoughts to Me, O God! (NLT: How precious are Your thoughts about me, O God!) How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand; when I awake, I am still with You.
I HAVE A HEAVENLY FATHER WHO LOVES ME!
HE KNIT ME TOGETHER IN MY MOTHER’S WOMB WITH PURPOSE AND DESTINY IN MIND!
When we don’t know the truth of the Word, we are vulnerable to the deception of the enemy.
1. I am Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
Psalm 139:14a
I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Literal translation – I am fearfully wonderful!
Psalm 139:13b (NIV)
You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
Psalm 139:15 (NLT)
You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
Psalm 139:15a (NIV)
My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in the secret place.
“Long before you were conceived by your parents, you were conceived in the mind of God.” – Rick Warren
Jeremiah 1:5a
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you.
God prescribed every single detail of your body: He deliberately chose your race, the color of your skin, your hair, and every other feature. He custom made your body just the way He wanted to. – Rick Warren
He chose your gender! He decided whether you’d be a boy or a girl!
He chose your shape and your height!
God doesn’t make mistakes!
I AM NOT AN ACCIDENT AND I AM NOT A MISTAKE!
2. I am Created by God with Purpose and Destiny
Psalm 139:16
Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in Your book before one of them came to be.
Jeremiah 1:5 (NKJV)
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Genesis 1:27 (NKJV)
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
3. I Belong to Jesus Christ
Psalm 139:13a
For You formed my inward parts.
Formed – to buy, purchase, get, acquire, create
A. We belong to the Living God because He made us for Himself.
Psalm 100:3
Know that the Lord, He is God; it is He who has made us, and not we ourselves. We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
Colossians 1:16b
All things were created through Him and for Him.
B. We belong to the Living God because He gave His Son to save us.
Luke 19:10
For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.
2 Corinthians 5:21
For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
I GIVE MY LIFE TO YOU, BECAUSE YOU GAVE YOUR LIFE FOR ME!
1 Corinthians 6:18a
Flee sexual immorality.
1 Corinthians 6:20
For you were bought at a price; therefore, glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
In Christ, we are sons and daughters of the Most High God.
Our ultimate purpose: to live a life that brings Him Glory!
Discussion Questions:
1. Do you ever wonder if you are a mistake? Do you sometimes wonder if you are an accident?
2. How do the Scriptures of Psalm 139:13-18 speak to your heart?
3. Are you searching for purpose and direction?
4. How can the verses from Jeremiah 1:5 and Jeremiah 29:11 encourage you?
5. Do you believe your life belongs to Jesus Christ? How does that impact the way we live?