139:13-18 For You
formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb. I will
praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your
works, And that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from
You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest
parts of the earth. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And
in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as
yet there were none of them. How precious also are Your thoughts to me,
O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would
be more in number than the sand; When I awake, I am still with You. NKJV
Gen 1:1-2 In the
beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was
without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And
the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. NKJV
When did creation take on life? Before the
heavens and the earth manifested … natural eyes would have seen nothing
except formlessness and lifelessness. So I ask again, when did life really
begin? At the time of CONCEPTION within the heart and mind of God
How comforting to think we were in His
thoughts BEFORE we were formed. What an awesome-beautiful thing. When
reading these passages, many times I would think of the pro-life posters
depicting the fetus. I pondered the poster and the various passages, which
say, “He formed us in the womb”. “He formed us”, but He requires a vessel
to carry the precious cargo. (Jer 1:5, Isa 44:24, Isa 49:1-2, Gen 1:28)
This scripture brought to mind children who
were conceived out of wedlock ... some would consider “illegitimate“.
If”…God had concluded that someone was not legitimately valuable, how
could He have had so many thoughts about them? Should He have removed
their existence before He wrote His book ...before He allowed them to be
formed in the “Secret Place”?
I began sincerely asking God to show me a
better way to illustrate such deep and rich truths in a more intimate way.
I continued thinking ... how can we understand and apprehend spiritual
concepts. The word says that natural man cannot understand spiritual
things. Let’s bring it into the natural so we can attempt to wrap our
minds around the concept.
Secret Place? Strangers usually cannot see
or know what is done “in secret”, but God is not a stranger, after all He
created us …we were predestined before the worlds were framed.
Thine eyes did see mine
unformed substance; and in thy book they were all written, (even) the
days that were ordained (for me), when as yet there was none of them. Ps
139:16 ASV
The depths of the earth are dark; the
process in the womb is not visible …How can He see into the darkness? How
can He see into the depths? How could His see the unformed substance. Gen
1:1-2
I collect seashells, which helped the image
gel in my mind’s eye. I began thinking about an oyster in the depths of a
sea of darkness. And the spirit of God was hovering over the face of the
waters… Gen 1:2 NKJV. I could see that the Lord where he was taking this.
The oyster resides in the depths and become the womb for a pearl. The
depths of the earth are symbolic of the womb –the sand symbolic of a child
–to some a simple irritation. All of creation was made to embrace life and
cooperate with the process to bring forth that for which it was purposed.
With my spiritual eyes, I began to see a
child, “a pearl of great price”. The process that a pearl goes through is
similar to the forming of a baby. The pearl begins as when an intruder
works its way inside the oyster shell. That which is seemingly a source of
irritation becomes something extraordinarily beautiful. Matt 13:45-46
Where the pearl reflected light, I began to
see a dove hovering over a fetus. Darkness can never be dark if God sees
Himself in the creation.
See with me, that God intended His Image to
be seen and reflected through everything that He created. See with me, how
God always sees light around you even in what seems to be your darkest
hour. See that each of us was created to embrace the life that is within
us.
Come up and see from God’s perspective …He
knows all about us. Our days have been written in His Book. He knows even
the words that have not yet been uttered from your mouth. We should not
judge the value of that which God had put so much thought into ...that
were we to count the thoughts, they would outnumber the grains of sand!
Gen
1:28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them,” Be fruitful and
multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the
sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on
the earth”. NKJV
Matt
13:45-46 "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking
beautiful pearls, 46 who, when he had found one pearl of great price,
went and sold all that he had and bought it. NKJV
Jer
1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I
sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations." NKJV
Isa
44:24 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, And He who formed you from the
womb”: I am the LORD, who makes all things, Who stretches out the heavens
all alone, Who spreads abroad the earth by Myself; NKJV
Isa
49:1-2 LISTEN TO me, O isles and coastlands, and hearken, you peoples from
afar. The Lord has called me from the womb; from the body of my mother He
has named my name. And He has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the
shadow of His hand, has He hid me and made me a polished arrow; in His
quiver, has He kept me close and concealed me. AMP
