July 25, 2018

When God Knew You

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I set you apart…” Jer. 1:5

Imagine going to the hospital to meet a newborn child for the first time.  It might be a close relative, or a good friend who has just given birth.  There is excitement and anticipation as you make your way to the room.  As you walk in, you see her.  She is precious and beautiful and your breath is taken away as you look at her, lying contently in the blankets keeping her safe and warm.  There is something so special and so sacred about new birth, new life, this new creation that you are witnessing.

The words that God spoke to Jeremiah are the words we can pray over this young life.  Little one, before God formed you in your Mommy’s womb, God knew you.  That is amazing and remarkable and wondrous.  And it is true.  Even before today, before your birth, God had already set you apart, for His plan and His purpose.  You see, sweet child, God has been involved before your beginning.  He has fashioned you and formed you as an expression of His love to this world.  He chose your mommy and your daddy.  He chose to make you.

He has given you great thought and He already knows all the days of your life – the good days and the trying days.  He has placed into you what you will need to walk through this life.  He has placed within you a desire for Him.

Welcome to the world, dear child of God.  May you come to know the One who formed you.  May you walk with the One who set you apart.  May the Lord bless you and keep you, all the days of your life and may you dwell in the house of the Lord forever and ever.