In your quiet time remember that as surely as every snowflake that falls has a perfect design, and no two designs are the same, so within the folds of your being lies a design. Ask the Father that this divine inner plan of your life may stand forth revealed to you as it should be, unfolding in perfect sequence and perfect order in such a way as to bring the greatest good to the greatest number.
I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes, Glenn Clark
I’ve talked about this book before. It just happens to be one of those books that every page turned contains such great wisdom that you want to share that wisdom with those you care so deeply about.
We all learned in science class a little about snowflakes. Remember, no two flakes are exactly alike? Every single snowflake is uniquely designed for its journey to the earth’s floor. Just like us. The most interesting thing about the snowflake is that it is intricately woven around a tiny speck of dirt, dust or pollen that’s super high in the atmosphere. Ice crystals wrap around and form around this tiny bit of dirt and it is transformed into this beautifully woven snowflake as it makes its way to earth. Just like us.
I’ve been chewing on that word “design.” Design is defined as “a plan or drawing produced to show the look or functions of a building or, garment, or other object before it is ever built or made.” Design, a plan envisioned before it is made. Just like us.
Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them.
Psalm 139:16
He saw our unformed substance. This sounds so scientific, doesn’t it – we were an unformed substance? We’re told daily to follow the science. So, let’s do just that. The Hebrew word for “unformed substance” is golem meaning just that, an unformed substance. However, it specifically means an embryo. If we keep following the science, we learn that an embryo is the early stage of development of an animal (us) within the uterus of a mother. In humans, the term embryo is an unborn child until the end of the seventh week of conception. It is then called a fetus. That’s the science. Look it up. Even in our unformed state, each day was formed for us. We weren’t formed and then a plan was made, He didn’t say what am I going to do with these people. We were designed for the plan by God!
For You formed my inmost being;
You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise You,
for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Marvelous are Your works,
My frame was not hidden from You
when I was made in secret,
when I was woven together
in the depths of the earth.
Psalm 139:14-15
God had a plan for each of our lives before we were ever made. Before we were born every day was recorded in His book. Read that sentence again, and again, and again. Just think of the magnitude of that. That’s how special you are to God, that’s how precious every single unformed substance, every single embryo is to God. The God of the Universe designed us, our minds, our bodies, our spirits before the world began, and then He memorialized it by a missive, a letter of instruction, a written order straight from The King.
Ask the Father that this divine inner plan of your life may stand forth revealed to you as it should be, unfolding in perfect sequence and perfect order in such a way as to bring the greatest good to the greatest number.
As children of the Master Designer, we then must do as Mr. Clark suggested. We know that the Father designed us with a divine inner plan. We then must seek the revelation of the Designer’s plan. The one written down in His book. The one that will unfold in perfect sequence. The one that will bring the greatest good to the greatest number. And what is the greatest good? To spend eternity with the Divine Designer. And that’s something we need to get out to the greatest number.
ENDNOTE: My goals in writing today’s blog were to encourage everyone who reads it to remember that in this willy nilly, crazy world we live in, God designed us with a plan in mind. We were not haphazardly created, we were not a theory that came into existence, that we were loved so much that the Creator created us before creation. We were designed with a purpose and a plan.
To share the wisdom of God’s Word and Mr. Clark was the goal. But as I studied, another point emerged front and center that I could not skirt. Abortion. It is not a political issue, it is a God issue. The world would have us think different. For believers, the Bible only gives us one way to believe. It’s deeper than terminating a life, as if that wasn’t enough. When we look at it in the context of the Creator, the Divine Designer and look at the characteristics of who He is, if we are honest, it becomes obvious. He has a plan for every single unformed substance or He would not have designed, planned and created — He wrote it down in His Book.
Abortion is wrong. Not because I say so but because God says so. But, viewing abortion through the characteristics of God also shows that His grace is sufficient. Sufficient for those who have chosen abortion, those who have encouraged abortion, those who have participated in abortion. God’s grace does not cover only certain sins, it covers all sin. Since we believers have received God’s grace and continue to receive God’s grace on a daily basis, we have experienced firsthand the forgiveness, love, compassion, care, support that He gives us. We must show that same grace we have received from God to others. We must forgive, love, have compassion, take care and support those who have made different choices. We must show them the God we know.
We must pray for the revelation of the Designer’s plan that’s written down in the book, for each of our lives and the lives of others. To follow any other plan is man’s way and a willful disregard for our Creator.