Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread.

The reading for today titled God's Created Masterpiece was written by Marvin Williams.

Although neuroscience has made great progress in understanding how the brain works,

scientists admit they're still in the early stages of understanding it.

They understand brain architecture, some aspects of its function,

and regions that respond to environment, activate our senses, generate movements,

and contain emotions. But they still can't figure out how all these interactions contribute to

behavior, perception, and memory. God's incredibly complex created masterpiece,

humanity, is still mysterious. David acknowledged the marvels of the human body.

Using figurative language, he celebrated God's power, evidenced by his sovereign control over the entire natural process

of being knit together in his mother's womb. In Psalm 139, he wrote,

I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. The ancients viewed the development of a child inside

the mother's womb as a great mystery. Even with limited knowledge of the marvelous complexities of the

human body, David still stood in awe and wonder of God's amazing work and presence. The marvelous and wonderful complexity

of the human body reflects the power and sovereignty of our great God, and our only responses

can be praise, awe, and wonder.

Today's Our Daily Bread devotional scripture reading is from Psalm 139, verses 13 through 18.

For you created my inmost being.

You knit me together in my mother's womb.

I praise you, because I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

Your works are wonderful.

I know that full well.

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