“But thou art he that took me out of the womb, thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts. I was cast upon thee from the womb, thou art my God from my mother’s belly.” Psalm 22:9-10. “By thee have I been holden up from the womb, thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels; my praise shall be continually of thee.” Psalm 71:6. It’s 3:30 a.m., as I generally attempt to wake about an hour before I go to work each morning, and this morning I opened my bible to this scripture, (actually I was listening to the scriptures being read – e-sword – as I was getting dressed, and ran over and stopped the reel when I heard the first passage being read,) and then cross referenced it with this other scripture regarding the intimate nature of God’s absoluteness, in being involved in those things which the world deems as ‘natural’ occurrences, but as the scriptures point out, all things are from the hand of the LORD, and this in particular strikes me as very intimate and glorious, how from the cradle to the grave, the Lord knoweth them that are his, and carries them all their days. The psalmist doesn’t see random biology or natural process, but divine intimacy, God Himself active in every breath, every motion, every moment of our lives. Jeremiah 23:23.
The Lord was the One who brought us forth. He gave us breath. What the world calls natural, the womb, the birth, the infant’s cry, the mother’s care, &c., (and the arena of God’s creation glory is vast & infinite,) we acknowledge as divine. Every stage of human existence, from conception to old age, declares God’s all together glorious design and reveals His purpose. He was God to us before we knew ourselves, the ONE who authored our first instincts of hope, who held us up before we could stand, who knew us and sanctified us from the womb, Jeremiah 1:5, and etched his name upon us in time, Galatians 1:15, and in due season, revealed His Son in us, Galatians 1:16.
To say that God is involved in all things is not merely to affirm His power, but to acknowledge His nearness. The LORD is not an indifferent observer, but the wise and loving Author of every page we live, even those that appear unremarkable or even painful. What we call “natural” is, in truth, the unfolding of His purpose. How intimate and glorious this is! This truth quiets my heart. Psalm 46:10. If the most ordinary events are from His hand, then nothing is wasted, nothing is meaningless, and nothing is outside the realm of His purpose for us in Christ Jesus. Romans 8:28. MPJ