I Am Fearfully and Wonderfully Made!

For many years I have loved this verse of scripture, thanks to a great mentor, friend and big sister (Sonne)! I have studied this verse of scripture and today, it sparked something deep with in me! I started asking myself what does it mean to be fearfully and wonderfully made? As I began to look deeper into it, I looked at this verse in the NLT which states: “Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.” It was this translation that got my spirit to turning. If God’s word tells us that we are fearfully and wonderfully made (meaning we are wonderfully complex); why do we try to set limits that are beneath the power and purpose that God deposited into our DNA! He says we are wonderfully complex, that means that we are not simple! Don’t you understand that when something or someone is complex there will be individuals who will not understand the complexity of that which they see! As spiritual beings, we need to understand that every person we come in contact with may not understand us, but that does not mean there is something wrong with us; but instead it means that our make-up may be too complex for them to take hold of and understand all at one time. The one area of focus that began to stir in my spirit when I read the NLT of Psalm 139:14 was that of relationships (whether business, familial, or platonic), there will be individuals who will not understand your make-up because you are not simple, you are not like anyone they have ever dealt with before. You are COMPLEX! Your DNA is unique and you were made in the image and likeness of God!  Since you are complex, this means that individuals who desire to know you must be willing to invest in your substance (what makes you…you)! Investing in you, means that people will take the time to learn the essence (essential nature) of who you are. People who understand your complexity will accept the fact that many times you will not go where they go, say what they say, or do what they do, because you are COMPLEX, there is more to you than meets the natural eye. Your complexity is rooted in the way God fashioned you. You are not simple or ordinary, but; you are complex and extraordinary. This means that the person who wants to get to know you must be willing to:

1-       Think outside the box!

2-       Raise their level of expectancy!

3-       Look beyond the physical!

4-       Embrace your complexity!

It is time that you arise Victorious One, you are Fearfully and Wonderfully made! You are not simply designed you are marvelously fashioned!

© Tiffany R. Easley, 15, January 2011, I am Fearfully and Wonderfully Made!