Psalm 139:13-14 - My Maker

Psalm 139:13-14New International Version (NIV)

13 For you created my inmost being;
    you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,
    I know that full well.

I think about how many times I've read these verses but this morning they hit me with such an excitement….such an expectancy…woo hoo!  He made me.  He created me.  He didn't create me to be like anyone else.  Just to be Sheila Rose McHenry Powers Burrows.  That's exciting!  But one thing that I never really pondered before is the very last part.  "…your works are wonderful, I know that full well."  

Spurgeon writes:

"Marvelous are thy works. These parts of my frame are all thy works; and though they be home works, close under my own eye, yet are they wonderful to the last degree. They are works within my own self, yet are they beyond my understanding, and appear to me as so many miracles of skill and power. We need not go to the ends of the earth for marvels, nor even across our own threshold; they abound in our own bodies. And that my soul knoweth right well. He was no agnostic—he knew; he was no doubter—his soul knew; he was no dupe—his soul knew right well. Those know indeed and of a truth who first know the Lord, and then know all things in him. He was made to know the marvelous nature of God's work with assurance and accuracy, for he had found by experience that the Lord is a master worker, performing inimitable wonders when accomplishing his kind designs."

When we are in relationship with the Lord, we know that He is working in us.  He knows our thoughts before we form our words.  He knows how many hairs are on our head even after losing them in the shower.  He knows our time on this earth.  But something that I see as being most important in our relationship with Him is listening so we can be obedient.  When we listen to Him, we will know exactly what He wants of us.  When we are obedient to His direction, we will see that His "…works are wonderful."  Not only that but we will "…know that full well."  Woo hoo!  I am so blessed by these words this morning.  Knowing that I'm in relationship with Him and hear His direction is the very best place to be. 

Dear Jesus,
Thank You for these words this morning.  Father, I am so blessed by You.  As I start this day, I know of things that need done but I don't want to do anything that is not on Your agenda.  I am a vessel for You to use, in whatever way You desire.   Lord, I am expecting more of You to flow through me.  I praise You for being My maker.  Amen.