“Fearfully and Wonderfully Made” Psalm 139: 13 – 16

Naturally, just about every Christian is pro-life but for a few rare exceptions. In fact, it is rather hard to be a Christian without being pro-life since there are so many passages in the Bible that clearly speak against abortion. Psalm 139: 13 – 16 happens to be one of those passages.

¹³ For You formed my inward parts;
You covered me in my mother’s womb.

When does the fetus become a human being? “At conception.” And how do we know this? “Because the Bible says so.” Such elementary answers can be chanted by most young children at Sunday school or VBS. Those are the basics; almost anyone could repeat such answers when asked.

However, even though most Christians are pro-life, very few are actively pro-life; there is a huge difference between the two. My goal is not to guilt people into becoming actively pro-life in this article. Instead, I want to show Christians through the Psalms why abortion really is important enough for every person with pro-life views to actively fight against it.

¹⁴ I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Marvelous are Your works,
And that my soul knows very well.

God really is amazing; I cannot stress this enough. Only He has the strength and the power to create life, and not just life in general, but living and breathing human beings. In verse 14, King David praises the Lord for creating man, something we do not do nearly enough. Yet, with every breath Christians ought to recognize the preciousness of their lives and strive all the more to glorify their king.

¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

Why should Christians be actively pro-life? Because abortion tears apart and destroys the beautiful human being growing inside a mother’s womb, and one cannot stress enough the horror of this reality. Sadly, many have become numb to abortion, accustomed to the gruesome massacre spreading across the world.

We become numb to it because we do not see the destruction taking place. Unless we live or work at an abortion clinic, there is no way for regular people to see with their own eyes the bloody horror of abortion, but God sees and that should be enough for us.

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.

This verse is so beautiful. God knows about every child before he or she is born. He knows which are believers “And in your book they were all written,” and He knows everything that will happen in every child’s lifetime.

God cares about each individual unborn baby, and He knows everything about every victim of abortion. And now for a final, simple, and elementary question and answer: Why should we care about the unborn?

“Because God cares.”