I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.
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… Not that. I'm talking about who really knows you. David was able to pin this in such an amazing way in Psalms 139 verse 1 through 14 And I want you to see this because I really need you to know only God can fix you because only God truly knows me David writes, oh lord You've examined my heart and know everything about me You know when I sit down, you know when I stand up, you know my thoughts watch this even when I'm far away This is so encouraging for me because some of you are in here and you're new to faith And you barely just came today because the person that your friends with told you to come and you may not be close to God, you may not believe at all. But all I want you to know is your creator still knows your thoughts and he knows you even if you're far away. And this is the thing about our God is he doesn't want to be disconnected from you. …
… issue that I, in order to be faithful, must preach on. Verses 13 through 16, follow along. For you formed my inward parts. You knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works. My soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance. In your book were written every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was not one of them. Oh, so writing down scripture. So we got Psalm 139, 13 through 16 that makes clear that the womb contains a person seen, formed, known, loved by God himself. And it's not just here in Psalm 139. It's Job 31, 15. God fashioned us in the womb. Job 10, 8 through 11, God's hands fashion and make and mold us like clay. He clothes and knits us together. Part of me wants to just dive into the intricacies of our bodies and our cells and our blood vessels and all the beauty of how God makes these bodies work. He is Psalm 22, 10, our God from our mother's womb. Luke 1, 15 makes clear John the Baptist filled with the Holy Spirit from his mother's womb. God tells Jeremiah, Jeremiah 1, 5, before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I set you apart. You hear that? God knows us before the womb. …
… Now, that's not what the Bible says. Psalm 139 verses 13 and 14 says, your appearance is a result of God's work in your life. For thou didst form my inward parts, thou didst weave me in my mother's womb. I will give thanks to thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are thy works, and my soul knows it very well. What are you proud about? Your possessions, your net worth, your balance sheet, the money you've got socked away and stocks and bonds, the business you've built. Oh, my possessions are the result of all my hard work. I work harder than anybody and I'm so shrewd in business. That's why I have what I have today. Is that true? No, that's not what the Bible says. In Job 34 verse 19, we find these words about God who shows no partiality to princes, nor regards the rich above the poor, for they are all the work of his hands. If you have money today, if you have great possessions, it's because of God's blessing in your life. And remember, when you think it's because of your hard work, God's the one who gives you the breath to wake up every morning and go to work. And he could take it away just like that. What are you proud about? Your children? Oh, my children, they're so wonderful. …
… You knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works. My soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance. In your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. Four verses, three truths just bubbling over out of these verses and echoed throughout the rest of Scripture. Number one, abortion is an affront to God's sovereign authority as creator. Abortion is an affront to God's sovereign authority as creator. you formed my inward parts. You knitted me together in my mother's womb. So God did this. God is creator. Isaiah 40 is the creator of the ends of the earth. God is the giver of life. God gives life. Job chapter 12 verse 9 and 10. In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind. …
… you knitted me together in my mother's womb I praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made wonderful are your works my soul knows it very well my frame was not hidden from you when I was being made in secret intricately woven in the depths of the earth your eyes saw my unformed substance In your book were written every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. Let's pray. Oh God, we pray tonight that you would help us to see ourselves in this text. help us to see where we, each of us in this room, where we once were in our mother's womb. Help us to see your intimate relationship with us at that moment. So help us to see ourselves in this text and then help us to see others in this text. Help us to see babies that are in mother's wombs, even in this room, and babies that are in mother's wombs all across city, country, the world. …
… You knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you. when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts, God. How vast is the sum of them. Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. When I awake, still I am with you. Search me, God, and know my heart. Test me and know my anxious thoughts. see if there is any offensive way in me and lead me in the way everlasting. Before I give you my title, would you just make David's words your prayer this morning? Would you just say, search me, God? Now say it to your father in heaven, say, search me, God. …
… You knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works. My soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. your eyes saw my unformed substance and your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there were none of them. David is saying, Lord, you have formed me. And not only have you formed me, you formed all of my days. He's saying, before I was conceived, conceived, before I emerged from the womb, before I lived out my days, including the days that are yet to come, all of them were written down according to Your sovereign will. It's a remarkable psalm. It's familiar to many of us, but don't lose the wonder, perhaps even the scandal of it, but it's good news for each of us with this psalm to say, Lord, You know me. Lord, You are with me. Lord, You have formed me and all of my days. …
… something today that I think is really, really easy to understand but so difficult to apply. I'm going to be reading from Psalm 139, verses 7 through 17. This will be the foundation, and then I'll share a story from the Old Testament to illustrate this thought today that God gave me. Every sermon starts as a thought, so I want to talk to you about thoughts from a thought God gave me, which is, by the way, why I keep stacks of notebook paper all around my house. In case God gives me a thought, I need to be ready to catch it, just in case I can give it to you. This is so powerful. look at Psalm 139, David is speaking about the wonder of God. I was going to read only verse 17 to set up my thought, but I feel like it'll be so much more effective if I start at verse 7. So listen to this. The psalmist says, Everyone standing, please, for the Word of God, if you're physically able. Thank you. …
… Thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are thy works, and that my soul knoweth right well. The word of the Lord is blessed. You may be seated. Shall we pray? Oh, to grace, how great a debtor, daily I'm constrained to be. Let your grace, Lord, like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to thee. prone to wander. Lord, I feel it. Prone to leave the God I love. Here's my heart, Lord. Take and seal it. Seal it for thy courts above. Hide me now, O God, behind the cross that in this preaching moment the waiting congregation might not only see the woman of God, that they might see Jesus first and decide to follow him. This is your servant's prayer in Jesus' name. And the people of God said, amen. Amen. I will praise thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are thy works. in consideration of your monthly theme Lord teach us how to pray and in light of In light of the sermonic meditation that has come forward this morning, that has gestured toward the idea that God's got me, I'd like to speak with you briefly today on the subject Insecure. Insecure. And it's a sermon, not an HBO series. …