Your Days, or His?

Body

The human body is not a thing or substance, given, but a continuous creation. The human body is an energy system which is never a complete structure; never static; is in perpetual inner self-construction and self-destruction; we destroy in order to make it new.

Norman O. Brown, American Philosopher

Ps 139:13-16
For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother's womb. I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth; Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; and in Your book were all written The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them. NASU

Henry David Thoreau once searched the stars intently, to see the Creator behind them. He also said this, “Every man is the builder of a temple, called his body, to the god he worships, after a style purely his own, nor can he get off by hammering marble instead. We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bones.” Now much of what Thoreau said is right, as we are the painters and shapers, we are caretakers of this temple that God created way before we had knowledge of whom we are, and what we think our purpose is here.

The simple fact is that we must fight the desire to find a comfortable place where we can settle back and watch the world go by. Change is necessary, and it is necessary that we change. Now that was a mouthful, but it is true. No matter how much this fleshly form we live in, drives us to mind its business; we are to be about the business of changing this body into the image of Christ. David in the midst of this revelation is praising God that he is fearfully and wonderfully made.

That is recognizing that God knew him better that he knew himself, He believed God knew who he was, and God had his best in mind. That was why David was so quick to agree with the Lord and repent of his ways and get back on the path of God’s will for his life. Did he make mistakes? Yes, O’ yes, many times, but guess what? He returned unto the Maker of Days, and found the days that were meant for him, again, and again. So if your days aren’t going so well, maybe, just maybe, you’re living your days and not His. Return to the “Maker of Days” and find those days He made for you…God Bless.

Pastor William