I Am Fearfully And Wonderfully Made.

IOI CHRISTIAN MORNING MEAL

TOPIC: I Am Fearfully And Wonderfully Made.

You knit me together in my mother’s womb… I thank you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made Psalm.139:12

Years ago, I was born, like every human being knit together in my mother’s womb, and today i thank God for the way in which i, like every human being, is fearfully and wonderfully made.

Before we ever come to light, God marks our journeys. No one who is reading this morning meal today knew for what I was destined at birth. But Today we recognise that God knew it from the beginning.

You encompass me behind and before and lay your hand upon me [Ps.139: 4]

I am writing this today to worship God who made and formed me, I thank God for the way in which his hand has been so uniquely evident in my life.

Psalm 139 explores fear and wonder, and the connection between them.

In life there is much to fear. Over and again the Psalm describes those things we might be afraid of – the fears we harbour individually as well as the fears we share corporately. Fear makes us want to flee – from God, from one another, often even from ourselves. But over and again that fear is turned into wonder as we see that God is before, behind and beyond it.

Over the years there has been much to fear: at times of personal challenge or spiritual crisis. But just as the psalmist sees through fear to something more stirring and more extraordinary, so i look back with deep wonder and profound gratitude. Through war and hardship, through turmoil and change, i have been fearfully and wonderfully sustained.

The one who turns fear to wonder is Jesus. The story of Jesus shows us that God enters into the most fearful places imaginable in our lives – of sin, betrayal, violence, rejection, even death – and turns each one of them from horror into glory.

Nothing is outside God’s understanding. Nothing is beyond God’s grace. Nothing is too broken for God’s transformation. No one can flee from God’s redeeming goodness or finally escape God’s loving attention.

‘Consider the lilies, how they grow,’ says Jesus. They too are the handwork of God who clothed them in glory, from the overflow of his love and care. How much more does God care for and clothe each one of us.

Today i rejoice for the way in which God’s loving care has fearfully and wonderfully sustained me.

I PRAY LORD JESUS CHRIST, HELP ME TO KNOW YOU MORE, TO SERVE YOU FAITHFULLY AND TO END IT WELL AT YOUR FEET IN JESUS NAME.