When I Awake – I Am Still With You

If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,” even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.

For you created my inmost being; 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, I am still with you.

Psalm 139:11-18

We often fail to acknowledge and appreciate our heavenly Father’s creativity manifested in others and even in ourselves. Reflecting on the Lord’s magnificent workmanship, recall King David’s affirmation that God creates our “inmost being” and that we’re “fearfully and wonderfully made.”

We can praise our Creator in confidence because we know His “works are wonderful.” And we can be encouraged to respect ourselves and others more, especially when we remember that the Maker of the Universe knows us inside and out and has planned our days, “before one of them came to be.”

Each one of us is intentionally designed to be unique and purposed as God’s beloved masterpieces, contributes to reflect God’s magnificence.

God masterfully creates each person with uniqueness and purpose.

Our Daily Bread – November 19, 2017