"I praise YOU because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; YOUR works are wonderful, I KNOW that full well."
Psalm 139: 14
We see these words "fearfully and wonderfully made" a lot on social media, signs, clothing, etc. But, I'm pretty certain that I am not the only one that wonders what being made "fearfully" means. I've looked up that word for its definition. I found two meanings:
1. in an anxious manner; apprehensively
2. dreadfully; extremely
Needless to say, this did not help me. I even changed the language to Hebrew to see if anything changed. It was the same, much to my chagrin.
I did, however, find these synonyms underneath:
apprehensively, uneasily, nervously, timidly, timorously, hesitantly,with one's heart in one's mouth
This made my wheels turn.
The hard part about blogging on the words of God is that words can be misinterpreted and taken to the proverbial "slaughter house". However, when the Holy Spirit comes a tuggin', I come a writin'! When I saw that synonym, I was taken aback. Part by apprehension that I was giving it more meaning than was intended and part because God is my Father and this is what fathers do with their children. Fathers wear their hearts where its vulnerable. Although, I've never heard it said to wear a heart in one's mouth. On one's sleeve? Yes. But mouth? Never.
It didn't make much sense. Until my eyes literally fell onto my Bible.
If one's heart is in one's mouth, it sounds as if it's saying that their heart is in their words. God wrote the Bible because He loves us. His heart was in these very words that are so often carried for appearance or taken for granted. We see Bibles in hotels, in homes, in bookstores, in the app store, and even in our own hands...and His heart too often goes unnoticed.
What does this have to do with being "fearfully made"?
Everything.
God made us with His heart inside of us; with His words inside the very being of who we are! We are made with God's very imprint on our hearts. The hearts that are fashioned after His very own.
Because of this, what do we have to fear? We are not made to be full of fear because we were made fearfully!
"For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."
Ephesians 2:10
"So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them."
Genesis 1:27
In the verse in Genesis, we see Him say that He created us not once, not twice, but three times in that one verse! He wants to emphasize that we are His! He is not ashamed of us! In fact, He's trying to reclaim a people, His people, that are being taken, beaten, and shamed by a world that has fallen apart. He cares so much that when Adam and Eve sinned and messed up the perfect world He made for us, He made a perfect heaven for us!
"He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the older of things has passed away. He who is seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" Then he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true." He said to me: "It is done. I am the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life. He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son."
Revelation 21:4-7
We are not made to be full of fear because we were made fearfully!
One of the girls....
Taylyr Jane
