"...thou art my God from my mother belly [womb]." This is interesting because it says that Gods hand was upon him from his mothers womb, even from before he was born. This is an important fact to know when we struggle in life. God knows who will serve Him and who will not, even from the womb and because of that He has called to the righteous and brought them into His kingdom to live with Him. This gives us something we can always rejoice in no matter how bleak life becomes, that He called to us even from the womb. The prophet Jeremiah understood by his gift that he himself was called to the ministry from his mothers womb: Jer 1:4-5 KJV 4 "Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations." There is another scripture of interest along the opposite line where the scripture speaks of those He knows are rebels even from their mothers womb, they are estranged from Him before they are born and they go astray as soon as they are born: Psa 58:3 KJV "The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies." How unfortunate that this is within them even in their mothers womb, it is a heart that will reject Him and is in danger of never knowing Him. Another interesting point is this, that although God knows they will be estranged from the womb he does not hinder their birth and their life. Such is the humility of God that even though they may never come to know Him He does not interfere with them. He does not create a race of those who will only serve Him and bless Him but allows even those who are estranged from the womb to have life, grow and have the same opportunities as one who will serve Him.
There are several places in the Word of God where we are told to rejoice that we know Him and you can see from these verses what a wonder it is that we know Him, that there is something within us that reaches out to Him, even from the womb, that needs Him and creates a posture where faith can be born in us and salvation through faith. Both in the Old Testament and the New we are told to be thankful because we know Him (and perhaps more to the point, He knows us):
1. Jer 9:23-24 KJV 23 "Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: 24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD."
2. Luk 10:17-20 KJV 17 "And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. 18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. 19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven."
When we are feeling down because of struggles we face and it is hard for us to life up our heads for the weight of worries and the threat of troubles, it would do our hearts good and release us to praise Him in the midst when we know that he has chosen us from the womb to know Him and to be His child and nothing we face can change that. He looked upon us in the womb, laid His hand upon us because He saw we would serve Him. How wonderful and no matter what pain we face our eternity is with Him because He knew us from the womb.
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