TODAY IN THE WORD
With the help of ultrasound imaging, scientists today know more than ever about the way life begins. For example, did you know that twenty days after conception, before most women know they are pregnant, the fetus has a beating heart? A doctor who performed the first blood transfusion to an unborn baby said, “By thirty days, the baby has a brain of unmistakable human proportions, eyes, ears, mouth, kidneys, liver, an umbilical cord, and a heart pumping blood he has made himself.” Certainly, our lives are woven in miraculous ways.

But God has known you longer than anyone else, including your parents? In this psalm, David rejoices in the fact that God knows us eternally. As today’s verse describes, God knew us while we were being formed in the womb. God created not just our human form: our eyes, lips, and heart. He created who we are, “our innermost being” (v. 13).

God saw who we would be before we were created. “All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be” (v. 16). Not only did God know who you would become, and that you might inherit your father’s eyes or your mother’s ability to whistle, He actually knew what would happen to you in every moment of existence. Your life is held safely in His hand.

This type of foreknowledge invites troubling thoughts as well. David seems to wrestle with this idea, as he acknowledges that God’s knowledge of who we were means that the amount of His thoughts are innumerable (v. 18). How can we conceive the mind of God?

Why does God allow us to struggle? Why do we face enemies (vv. 19-22). Why do we wrestle with illness or depression? God knows this too, right? David concludes that God’s ways are higher than ours. Even when we are tempted to question God’s ways, we must rest in the knowledge that He undoubtedly knows us and what is best for us, far more than we can know ourselves (vv. 23-24).

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TODAY ALONG THE WAY
Many of our questions about our life’s plan will remain unanswered until eternity. Thankfully, God has given us the examples recorded in Scripture to remind us that we are not alone, and that He is faithful. If you are struggling with events in your life, read through the books of Job and Psalms to see how God works to comfort and protect His children. Pray today that God will allow you to rest your anxious thoughts in Him. He knows you, your past and your future, and He is a good and loving God.

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