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“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!” Psalm 139:13-14 (NLT)
God custom-designed you. In fact, he custom-designed each and every person who’s ever lived. When you stop and actually think about that truth, it’s amazing.
David says this in Psalm 139: “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. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born” (Psalm 139:13-16 NLT).
Few things are as complex as the human body. But all of the systems in your body work together in just the right way because God designed them. In fact, Psalm 139 says that God was watching as you were developing in your mother’s womb. He oversaw every detail of your creation—because even before you were born, he had a place, a purpose, and a plan for your life. If he didn’t, you wouldn’t be here.
Don’t ever let anyone tell you that you are an accident. You are not an accident.
There are no accidental babies. God planned you. Your parents may not have planned you, but God did. You may have had good parents or bad parents or indifferent parents. Or maybe you don’t even know your parents. Whoever your parents are, God chose them because they had just the right DNA to create you. And he wanted you.
Remember, there are no illegitimate children. God had a plan. If you’re here, it’s because he wanted you here. That’s amazing.
The Message paraphrase says, “Have you ever come on anything quite like this extravagant generosity of God, this deep, deep wisdom? It’s way over our heads. We’ll never figure it out. Is there anyone around who can explain God?” (Romans 11:33-34).
The answer, of course, is no. No one can explain God. If you could explain God, you’d be God. What God has done in custom-designing you and me is unbelievable, indescribable, unattainable. It’s an amazing thing.
So what should your response be? Thank him. Thank him for his wonderful grace and for his wonderful love. The Bible says this in 2 Corinthians 9:15: “Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!” (NIV).
Talk It Over
What does it mean to you to know that you exist because God wanted you to exist?
Where do you see evidence of God’s “extravagant generosity” in your life?
Our response to God’s custom-designing each one of us should be gratitude. Take a few minutes now to thank him for making you and the people you love.

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