DCLM Daily Manna 8 August 2022 — Wonderfully Made
DCLM Higher Everyday 8 August 2022 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Wonderfully Made
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TOPIC: WONDERFULLY MADE
TEXT: PSALM 139:11-15
11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
12Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
13For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
14I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
15My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
MEMORY VERSE: “I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well” (PSALM 139:14).
MESSAGE:
The zenith of God’s creation is man, made in His own image and likeness. After creation, God proclaimed to man – male and female to…be fruitful, multiply, replenish the earth, subdue it and have dominion… God evaluated His creation and adjudged them “very good.” He made man unique; endowed him with divine capabilities.
Our text shows the Psalmist’s acknowledgement and acceptance of God’s creative ingenuity. He expressed the incontestable fact that darkness cannot hide any thing or person from God. Hence the assurance that right in the womb of his mother, his “substance was not hid” from God. He examined himself and declared in awe that he was “fearfully and wonderfully made.”
Note this: he was not boastful of his wonderful personality, no self-praise; rather, he gave praises to God for His greatness and marvelous works. As a youth, you should not focus on an aspect of your body that you are not satisfied with and forget about the overall wonders of God in your life. God wonderfully made them all. Like the Psalmist, give God praise!
QUOTE: Like the psalmist, give God praise!
CHALLENGE: Appreciate God and surrender your life and possessions to Him.
PRAYER: Lord, let me fulfil Your purpose for my life, in Jesus’ name.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
