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TUESDAY JUNE 2


FEELING INSIGNIFICANT?

READ:
Psalm 139:14
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I will praise You,
for I am fearfully
and wonderfully
made.
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We are among seven billion people who coexist on a tiny planet that resides in a small section of a rather insignificant solar system. Our earth, in reality, is just one miniscule blue dot among millions of celestial bodies that God created. On the gigantic canvas that is our universe, our beautiful, majestic earth appears as a tiny speck of dust.

That could make us feel extremely unimportant and inconsequential. However, God's Word suggests that the opposite is true. Our great God, who "measured the waters in the hollow of His hand" (ISA. 40:12), has singled out each person on this planet as supremely important, for we are made in His image.

For instance, He has created everything for us to enjoy (1 TIM. 6:17) also, for all who have trusted Jesus as Savior, God has given purpose (EPH. 2:10). And then there's this: despite the vastness of this world, God cares specifically about each of us. Psalm 139 says He knows what we are going to say and what we are thinking. We can't escape His presence, and He planed our earthly existence before we were born.

We don't need to feel unimportant when the God of the universe is that interested in us! __DAVE BRANNON

Lord, I look out into the vastness of the heavens and I see the
grandeur of You infinite power, yet You look at me from heaven
and see someone You know, love, and care about.
Thank You that You find value in me._______________________________________________________________
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The God who created the universe is the God who loves you.

********************************Today's Bible Reading __ Psalm 139:7-16*****************************
7 Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee
from Your presence? 8 If I ascend into heaven You are
there; if I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.

9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the
uttermost parts of the sea, 10 even there Your hand shall lead
me, and Your right hand shall hold me. 11 If I say, "Surely the
darkness shall fall on me," even the night shall be light about
me; 12 Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, but the
night shines as the day; the darkness and the light are both
alike to You.

13 For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my
mother's womb. 14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and
wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works, and that my
soul knows very well. 15 My frame was not hidden from You,
when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the
lowest parts of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my substance, being
yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, the days
fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
The Psalms often give us insight into our human
condition and encourage us with comforting thoughts about God's
power and wisdom. The opening verses of Psalm 139 affirm God's
omnipresence and omniscience, that He is everywhere and knows
everything. In verse 14 David makes it personal. If God made us and
His works are marvelous, then we are marvelous.