Fearfully Made

"I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made . . ." -Psalm 139:14

True and proper self-awareness begins and ends with Christ Jesus who proceeds from the Father and the Son. Therefore, those who are baptized into, and taught by His name are also given to express that they are creatures formed by a care so deep and special that the fear of God and wonder at His works is an ever present reality.

To be fearfully made is to be created in such a way that no part of the Creator was left uncaring or unaware of the process, so that without His ever-present care and protection life would cease, and only darkness would fill the void.

At no time are Christ Jesus or His disciples given to live carelessly as if God were off in some nether land. No. They live and confess in the full knowledge that all they are, and all they have, depend solely upon the Creator from one moment to the next.

Science and medicine in all their totality have not begun to fathom how it happens that body, soul, and spirit arise from the mother's womb as a whole person, capable of self-awareness, creativity, and all that it means to be human. This happens not because of the inventiveness of man, but because of the Almighty, unstoppable will of God.

In each and every instance where a living human walks this earth, there the fearful hand of God has been active in creating an entity that exceeds human understanding. And yet, for the children of God, it has been revealed precisely where they came from, so that they continually pray, praise, and give thanks to the Creator as their very being is incorporated into the Body of Christ Jesus.

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