1. As a Creation of God
2. God’s Creation of You
Psalms 22:9-10 Amplified Bible - “Yet You are He who took me out of the womb; You made me hope and trust when I was on my mother’s breasts. I was cast upon You from my very birth; from my mother’s womb You have been my God.” God’s care for us starts in our mother’s womb. The writer of this Psalms is David. He was facing problems and he cried out to God for His help. He in essence was saying that you have been with me, helping and protecting me, since I was still in my mother’s womb; come and protect me now. God’s love and protection was over us as well when we were in our mother’s womb and as a child. When He made you, it was with love. All of us mothers have felt this love and protection for our child while we were pregnant, but our imaginations cannot reach the realities of the love and protection wherein God created us. How great a joy it is to know that even today God still loves us the same as He did when He created us. We as humans see a baby and the first thing we say is “Aaawwww! How cute! How wonderful! Precious, amazing, etc!” But we do not usually see a grown adult and say or think those things, but God does. He still thinks that you’re an amazing, wonderful, precious, and beautiful person just as He planned you to be.
Have you ever thought of yourself as a reward? God says you are. In Psalms 127:3-5 KJV it says “Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is His reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.” We usually apply this verse to the young children, and forget that it applies to us as well. We all are someone’s child. This verse applies to everyone. It applies specifically to you. It doesn’t matter what your mom and dad might have considered you. If they considered you anything less than a reward, then they were being deceived by the lies of Satan. Whether you are a newborn baby or 100 yrs. Old, you are someone’s child, and therefore a reward and a blessing. You always have been, and always will be. Say this aloud now - “I am a reward and a blessing given by God to my parents and this world.” You are a heritage - or a blessing of the Lord’s. “As arrows” - you are to be your parents defenders. Like the arrow is to a warrior. Arrows were indispensable to a warrior’s defense. You are in the same way invaluable to your parents in times of trouble.
Read Psalms 139:13-14. In verse 13, you can see that you did not develop without guidance. Your DNA did not come together accidentally in any way it wanted to just to form another person. Before you were created, God made a plan of whom you would be. Everything about you He planned; from your looks to your personality. He even designed your purpose in life and how you and your life’s mission would fit into the ultimate unfolding of His glorious master plan. He thought about how you would need to look and the personality you would need to have to fulfill His purpose for your life. All of this He thought about and meticulously planned before He even created you. Verse 14 goes on to tell you how He made you - with fear and wonder. In the Message Bible, it says, “I am marvelously made!” God is perfect in all He does and all His creation was made with His perfect wisdom. He created you exactly how He wanted you --- Perfect! And you are MARVELOUS!
One of the greatest things about being a Christian is that you don’t have to live by the world’s standards.
This is an excellent article written by Sarah Misch who is one of the awesome volunteers supporting The Bible page on Facebook! Thanks Sarah!!
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