HAND CRAFTED!

 

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

 

HAND CRAFTED!

 

Gen 1:24

24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

 

Gen 2:7

7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

 

          Do you see the difference in craftsmanship here? Other creatures were mass produced by the divine word, which was no small task in itself, but man was hand crafted. The word “formed” is the Hebrew word yatsar and means “to squeeze into shape!” The word “breathed” is the word naphach which means “to inflate.”

 

          God took special and personalized care in the creation and formation of man. The next time you are wondering if God cares for you, just think about how you were crafted. The psalmist said: “Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.” Ps 139:16

 

          God breathed into our nostrils the breath of life. Our minds were inflated with His intellect and our souls came into existence. Awakened, we knew our surroundings so well we could name the animals. We knew ourselves and marveled at our own features. We knew God as a newborn gazes knowingly and steadily at his mother. We studied the face of God and memorized every feature. We were made for God!

 

1 Cor 6:19-20

19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

 

Ps 139:14

14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

 

 

All Creatures of Our God and King

 

Let all things their Creator bless,
And worship Him in humbleness,
O praise Him! Alleluia!
Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son,
And praise the Spirit, Three in One!

 

Thank you, Father, for forming me and filling me with yourself. Lead me as I try to fulfill your purpose for making me. AMEN