Wonderfully Made

I have always enjoyed reading this Psalm of David. David, a king of Israel, was favored by God and wrote many psalms; sometimes they were psalms of anger, or vengenance, and other times, they were psalms of gratitude. David wrote 73 psalms.

In Psalm 139:1-14, David writes:

"Oh, Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me.
You know when I sit down or stand up.
You know my thoughts even when I'm far away.
You see me when I travel and when I rest at home.
You know everything I do.
You know what I am going to say even before I say it, Lord.
You go before me and follow me
You place your hand of blessing on my head.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too great for me to understand!

I can never escape from your Spirit!
I can never get away from your presence!
If I go up to heaven, you are there;
if I go down to the grave, you are there.
If I ride the wings of the morning,
if I dwell by the farthest oceans,
even there your hand will guide me,
and your strength will support me.
I could ask the darkness to hide me and
the light around me to become night,
but even in darkness I cannot hide from you.
To you the night shines as bright as day.
Darkness and light are the same to you.

You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
and knit me together in my mother's womb.
Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous - how well I know it."

This psalm reflects how David was in total awe of God and God rewarded David because David recognize God as being the magnificent God He was. How awesome is it that the God knows every hair on our head! He knew us before we were conceived in our mother's womb!

Sometimes we don't let people get to know us completely because we are afraid they will discover something about us that they won't like. But God already knows everything about us, and still He accepts and loves us. God is with us through every situation, in every trial - protecting, loving, and guiding. He knows and loves us completely.

David knew that God was with him every step of the way. God is omnipresent - He is present everywhere. Because this is so, you can never be lost to His Spirit. This is good news for the believer who knows and loves God, because no matter what we do or where we go, we can never be far from's God's comforting presence. (Romans 8:35-39)