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Posted by Psalms on Wednesday, 27 January 2016
Psalms 139:15
My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
139:15. My substance was not hid from thee. The substantial part of my being was before thine all-seeing eye. The essential materials of my being before they were arranged were all within the range of thine eye. They were hidden from all human knowledge, but not from thee.
When I was made in secret. Most beautifully is here described the formation of our being before the time of our birth. Much of the formation of our inner man still proceeds in secret; hence the more of solitude the better for us. The true church also is being fashioned in secret, so that none may cry, “Lo, here!” or “Lo, there!” as if that which is visible could ever be identical with the invisibly growing body of Christ.
And curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. “Embroidered with great skill” is an accurate poetical description of the creation of veins, sinews, muscles, nerves, etc. Cannot he who made us wondrously when we were not, still carry on his work of power till he has perfected us, though we feel unable to aid in the process, and are lying in great sorrow and self-loathing, as though cast into the lowest parts of the earth?
The Treasury of David by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
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