Friday, September 6, 2019
O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me. You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts even when I’m far away. You see me when I travel and when I rest at home. You know everything I do. You know what I am going to say even before I say it, Lord. You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand!
You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered! I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me! Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18
The intricacies and
possibilities of science are immeasurable.
But, no matter how deeply immersed learned scientists go in the study of
humanity’s being (that which makes us tick), we are no more than a centimeter’s
progress in a journey of light years. So
complex and awesome is the construction of the essence of life; it is as David
penned in this Psalm, unfathomable, too great for me to understand! And the thoughts God implanted in this labyrinth
of connection between bone, sinew, brain, and wonderful mystery are as incalculable
as the number of grains of sand. As the
Psalmist also wrote, we are fearfully and wonderfully made!
John Wesley declared, “For, what is religion, — I mean
scriptural religion? For all other is
the vainest of all dreams. What is the very root of this religion? It is Immanuel, God with us! God in man! Heaven connected with earth! The unspeakable union of mortal with immortal.[2]
In our attempts to get a grip
on our beginnings by knowing the rudiments of our DNA, if the mere scientific
calculations do not boggle the mind, how much farther are we away from comprehending
the heart and purposes of God, Who designed and made us, and chose to be part
of us?
Advent is the evidence of
this, and as Wesley put it, Heaven in this way connected with earth…an unspeakable
union of mortal with immortal, indeed!
The apostle Paul expressed this as Christ in us, the hope of
glory![3]
I can add a column of figures
in my head, but DNA and most scientific pursuits are beyond my realm and fall
in the category of interesting. What
really makes my head hurt is trying to figure out the why
of God’s love. Pastor and hymn-writer
Isaac Watts probably shared my wonder over our Creator’s condescension:
Alas! and did my Savior bleed And did my Sov’reign
die?
Would He devote that sacred head For such a worm as I?
Was it for crimes that I had done He groaned upon the
tree?
Amazing pity! grace unknown! And love
beyond degree![4]
For You Today
When you go to worship this
weekend, carry thoughts of how much thought God put into putting you together. And then worship with all the wonder of the
DNA that’s in you!
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[1]
Title Image: Courtesy of Pixabay.com Unless
otherwise noted, Scripture used from The
New Living Translation©
[2] From
John Wesley Sermon “Human Life a Dream” (see Wesleyan Covenant Association, Keith Boyette,
12-21-18)
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