Where Did You Come From?

This passage of scripture written by King David is a humble recognition of his origin. A great reminder of ours. It informs us that if we seek God for His intention for our life He is more than willing to be the author of our biography.


Psalm 139 (NKJV)

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.

17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How great is the sum of them!

or another translation puts the same message this way .....

Psalm 139:13-17 (New Living Translation)

13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.
15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,
as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
16 You saw me before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed.

17 How precious are your thoughts about me, O God.
They cannot be numbered!

More evidence of God's desire to have a hand in our future is in the following passage where God calls a young man called Jeremiah to be a prophet to the nation.

Jeremiah 1:4-5 (NKJV)

4 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:
5 “ Before I formed you in the womb I knew you;
Before you were born I sanctified you;
I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”

It seems clear then, our Lord has a purpose for our lives that is set out even before we are born.

What has He prepared for you to do?


I know the World Needs Your Footprints - Love Jen