Monday, July 20, 2026

Psalm 139:13-18 

For you created my inmost being; 
    you knit me together in my mother’s womb. 
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; 
    your works are wonderful, 
    I know that full well. 
15 My frame was not hidden from you 
    when I was made in the secret place, 
    when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. 
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; 
    all the days ordained for me were written in your book 
    before one of them came to be. 
17 How precious to me are your thoughts,[a] God! 
    How vast is the sum of them! 
18 Were I to count them, 
    they would outnumber the grains of sand— 
    when I awake, I am still with you. 

In my last call, my supervisor, in addition to being our Lead Pastor was also an executive coach. My one on one meetings were often fantastically eye opening because he would help me identify all of the mental blocks I wasn’t able to see while trying to move the ball forward in our work.  

I would imagine that I’m not the only one who is only sort of aware of all that is happening in their internal world. We are constantly driven this way and that by thoughts and feelings that we are barely aware of in our daily lives.  

That is why I think that this passage is so important. It describes a God who knows us better than we know ourselves. The God that we worship knit us together, knows the span of our lives, and calls us wonderful.  

Just like seeking out a coach or a mental health professional to work through a problem can be anxiety producing, so too, can revealing things to God in prayer. I think sometimes we have an image of God akin to Santa Claus, “he knows when you are sleeping, he knows when you’re awake…” That isn’t what the Psalmist is getting at here. God doesn’t know you like Santa.  

God knows you as fearfully and wonderfully made child. That is, He knows how valuable you are. He knows all your possibilities and limitations. He understands all your passions and doubts. He is the only being that truly understands what it is to be human—because humanity was His idea.  

Not only that, but God risked everything to go beyond knowing abstractly to knowing-in-flesh as He lived our life, died our death, and rose for our sake.  

So, “how wonderful,” indeed is our God who knows us and loves us. What would happen if that was your picture of God? What might you take to God in prayer this week? 

– Pr. Jason  

God, thank you for knowing me even better than I know myself sometimes. Continue to reveal to me not just the fearful in me, but also the wonderful. Amen.