Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made… — Psalm 139:14

There is much talk about “intelligent design” now-a-days. It is the belief that man could not have evolved by chance, but he is the product of an intelligent designer. Of course, we who believe the Bible know who that Designer is (Genesis 1). God has made you as an individual to the exact specifications He wanted.

As a young girl, Amy Carmichael (1867–1951) wished she had blue eyes instead of brown. She even prayed that God would change her eye color and was disappointed when it didn’t happen. At age 20, Amy sensed the Lord was calling her to serve Him as a missionary. She went to India. It was then that she realized God’s wisdom in the way He had made her. She may have had a more difficult time gaining acceptance from the brown-eyed people if her eyes had been blue. She served God in India for 55 years.

Only the Lord knows if Amy was more readily accepted because of her eye color. But we know and believe that it is the Lord “that hath made us, and not we ourselves” (Psalm 100:3).

It is foolish to complain about our outward appearance. Let’s be more concerned about our inward appearance before God (1 Samuel 16:7).