None of us are products of chance, we are not merely disparate particles randomly scattered by a cosmic collision. God created humanity and vested himself in each cell, giving definition and distinction and purpose to every life. Do we ever misunderstand and even confuse God’s purpose for us? Time without number. Still, he has our blueprint and we are known of him. Psalm 139 takes as far back as the proverbial twinkle in our father’s eyes. Before we had organs or body parts, before we were intricately woven in the womb, God already had the number of our days written in his book. We are not a higher order of animals, we are of a higher order, period i.e. made in the image of God.
All through this portion of our meditation the Psalmist and by extension the believer is portrayed as delighting in their relationship with God and his Word. He prays for soundness of heart – unwavering, settled or stable in ones belief and subsequent decisions. God promises to keep in perfect peace those whose mind is stayed – resting, fixed, focused – on him. Such a person is not tentative about their faith; they are not merely “giving it a shot” to see if it works.
Let me encourage you to go beyond reading or just listening to a sermon all the way to meditating in the Law of the Lord. According to Psalm 1, when we delight in the Lord and internalize his Word we become like fruit bearing trees planted by rivers of water. A believer in such a state can only be prosperous. ©8/2010
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