Our lives are sovereignly ordained by the living God. Long before you were born, he knew where you would be right now as you interact with this devo. With great love, he created you as his masterpiece. You are “fearfully and wonderfully made.” Here’s how David describes your coming to be.

Psalm 139:13-16
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 none of them.

God is pro-life—no ifs, ands, or buts about it. Though written as poetry, our passage today clearly explains God’s intimate involvement in life from the first moment of conception to the last breath. The sovereign God is the creator God, forming our “inward parts.” The sovereign God is the intimate God knitting us together with the first threads of life. The sovereign God is the all-seeing God with his eyes fixed on us from the very beginning. The sovereign God is the all-loving God ordaining all our days for us “when as yet there was none of them.”

The only response to the work of the sovereign God is praise— “I praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made….” You are a unique creation woven together by the sovereign God. Praise God for his work in your life. He is always present with you!

Father, your Word says to speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves. Help us be those who believe the truth and act on it appropriately. In Christ’s name. Amen.