Daily Devotionals

Believe It or Not Week 3 Wednesday

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. Psalm 139:13-14

It does not take a doctor or a nurse to know that the human body is complex. The more science and technology have advanced, the more we learn about how complex and incredible the human body is. For example, during the weekend service, we learned that the human eye has over 130 million parts, the human nose can distinguish around 10,000 distinct odors, and that the heart beats 80 times a minute. These are just a few examples of the complexity of the human body. It’s truly remarkable how complex the human body is, and this complexity points us straight to God, the creator of all.

 Considering the intricacy and complexity of the human body, David wrote about it in Psalm 139. He wrote, “You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb” (verse 13). I love that he used the word “knit” when talking about being created by God. You see, knitting takes a lot of care and precision and displays the handiwork of the knitter. It describes just how special each person is because they are a creation of God.

 Considering just how complex the human body is, David could not help but praise and thank God. After He described how carefully and complexly he was created, he praised God, saying, “Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it” (verse 14). When we consider the care, provision, and complexity of human beings, gratitude and praise is the only appropriate response. 

My friend, of all of the incredible things created, human beings are His prize creation. He created us so intricately and purposefully to have a relationship with Him. Nothing else in all creation can have this kind of relationship with Him. So let’s echo the words of David, “Thank You for making [us] so wonderfully complex!”

Moving Toward Action

After you read the verses below listed in the Going Deeper section, write them out on a sheet of paper or in your notebook. As you write these words, reflect on God’s care when He created you. Thank Him for the way He loves you and every single person created. Ask Him to help you view each person as His valuable creation.

Going Deeper

Psalm 139:1-24 (NLT)

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!

I can never escape from your Spirit!

I can never get away from your presence!

If I go up to heaven, you are there;

if I go down to the grave, you are there.

If I ride the wings of the morning,

if I dwell by the farthest oceans,

even there your hand will guide me,

and your strength will support me.

I could ask the darkness to hide me

and the light around me to become night—

but even in darkness I cannot hide from you.

To you the night shines as bright as day.

Darkness and light are the same to you.

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!

O God, if only you would destroy the wicked!

Get out of my life, you murderers!

They blaspheme you;

your enemies misuse your name.

O Lord, shouldn’t I hate those who hate you?

Shouldn’t I despise those who oppose you?

Yes, I hate them with total hatred,

for your enemies are my enemies.

Search me, O God, and know my heart;

test me and know my anxious thoughts.

Point out anything in me that offends you,

and lead me along the path of everlasting life.