I Am Wonderfully Knit Together

You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body

and knit me together in my mother’s womb.

Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!

Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.

Psalm 139:13-14

Eric

If you long for the day when you will be able to drive yourself to school or to Starbucks or to a friend’s house, you are not alone. Getting into a car—without your parents or a driving instructor—and driving down the road is a major milestone. If the car you want to drive (or are driving) is like most cars, it has around 30,000 parts and takes manufacturers 18 to 35 hours to make. You look at the car of your dreams and think, This thing is awesome. You never think, This car just happened. The fact that the car has been designed means it had a designer.

In a similar way, your incredibly intricate body points to a much greater Designer. It didn’t come into existence by chance. Just think about the complexity of a car versus the complexity of the human body:

The car: 30,000 parts

Your body: 30,000,000,000,000 (30 trillion) cells

The car: 35 hours (on the high end)

You: 6,570 hours (or nine months)

God spoke the world into existence and created everything in six days. He said, “Let there be light,” and there was light (see Genesis 1:3). But with you, He took extra time. He did not just speak. He knit you together.

Just as your dream car points to a designer, you point to a Designer. God designed and created you, which means you are worth much more than a car. Not only because you have more cells and took longer to make, but because your Maker is God Himself. Your dream car will be worth less five years from now. That’s called “depreciation,” a word you’ll probably hear in some economics class. You don’t depreciate, though. Your worth remains because the One who created you set His image on you.

Eden

As a teenager growing up in the social media era, the comparison game is real. Body image is a major concern for many of us. It’s challenging not to fixate on how we appear to others or how we stack up against people with tons of likes on Instagram or those stunning models. I have felt judged based on my style, my fitness, and even my height. It’s easy for our self-esteem to take a hit, and I’ve found myself wondering, Why do I look like this?!

“Ten years from now, no one will remember that pimple,” a friend might say. True, but today is today, not ten years from now! I need something to help me right now.

Psalm 139 helps me remember this. God is the One who made me, and He never makes mistakes. What He thinks of me is far more important than anyone else’s opinion. Next time you feel insecure about your appearance or abilities, remind yourself that you’ve been wonderfully made by the Creator of the universe!

Reflection & Discussion Time

• What causes people (maybe even you) to have a low view of yourself? Of your body?
• How does Psalm 139 challenge you and help you think differently about who God made you to be?