As I write this today, I am in Estes Park, Colorado, at the foot of Rocky Mountain National Park. The view is breathtaking… literally, this high up! In the distance there are ranges covered in green pines leading up to white snow peaks with crisp blue lakes tucked in the valleys. I’ve seen waterfalls, wildlife, and running brooks of crystal-clear water. It is spectacular and awe inspiring. God is a master artist and His creative handiwork is something to behold. To think that He created all of this simply by speaking. What imagination! What power! By His word the mountains and all their majestic glory, shooting thousands of feet into the sky, came into being. By His word, the earth was filled with creatures of every kind and the seas with unfathomable depths were formed. By His word, the planets and stars were placed into the heavens and the earth was set into motion. All of this simply by saying “Let there be…” and there was. God’s word is powerful!
But when it came to you, He did more than just speak you into existence, for in Genesis and Psalms, it says that you were formed, fashioned, and knitted by His own hand. God was more intimately involved in creating you because nothing in all creation can do what you were designed to do…display the personhood of God, not just His power. You are included in God’s gallery of glory and the canvas that holds His most precious work is you, authenticated by His own signature, the indwelling Holy Spirit. So, the next time you feel as though you have no value, no purpose, or you don’t belong, remember who you are…the hand-crafted masterpiece of God and remember that His glory in you is greater than all His glory in the universe!
For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.