Made by God

      Technology is coming up with some pretty amazing things these days. I admit that I have not personally been at any of these events, but I saw, via a video, a 3-D printer, print a boat in which people actually got in the boat while it was in some water. I saw another device that could print brick roads. I admit that our eyes can be tricked to see things that don't really exist and I may be skeptical of some of the articles that are published. I once took a picture of our family of about 13 people. I couldn't get one picture out of seventeen tries to be good enough. In each shot there either was a tongue sticking out, some eyes crossed a hand waving here or there so I took the picture apart by taking a head from one picture and moving it to another and changing a hand here and there. The result was a picture that was not 100% real in that the pose didn't really exist but was a combination of several different poses. It does look good, however, hanging on my wall. Psalm 139:14-15 says, “I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.”

         While we can do a lot of things with the technology that we have, we can't duplicate what God has done. The statement, “...I am fearfully and wonderfully made...” is a statement that is really not giving you all of the facts. It is like a summary statement that sums up your being but certainly comes far short of explaining all that there is about your own being. We can feel pain while at the same time scratch an itch while thinking about someone, having an emotional response to trouble, sickness, death and joy while having thoughts of what's for dinner and do I have a doctor's appointment today? I can stir a cup of coffee and hear sounds outside and if need be, I can thread a needle while thinking about the Grand Canyon all at the same time. Yes, we are fearfully and wonderfully made. As I have been formed in this way, I can also have the honor and privilege of speaking to God through prayer. His Word has informed me that He, God, knows everything about me that there is to know. This passage of Scripture goes on to inform us that God knows every thought that is on my tongue. I have to admit that is just a frightening thought. He also knows every time I get up or sit down. Sometimes, I don't even know or think about that. I just do it. Now that I know that God knows me in a very personal and complete way, I can surely trust Him for every detail, both large and small, that makes up my life. He knows every problem and everything that I am going through. He knows all of my emotions, my fears, my anxieties and my dreams. There is nothing that is hid from God simply because He is God. Therefore, I will praise Him today for His greatness and for His infinite knowledge of my being as well as every one that is around me. So, printing a boat that you can stand in is great, but making you and me the way we are is even greater. Praise God today simply for Who He is.