What does God have to say?
These tiny packages of humanity, are they really people?
Well, God seems to think they are.
"Now the word of the Lord came to me saying, `Before I formed you in the womb,
I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a
prophet to the nations.'" (Jer. 1:4-5)
God knew Jeremiah when he was in his mothers belly;
God sactified him and ordained him to be a prophet. If by
abortion, the baby should have been killed, it would have been Jeremiah who
was killed. Jeremiah's mother would not have known his name, but God had
already named him. His mother would not have known he was potentially a
mighty prophet of God, but God had so planned it, and would have felt the
loss.
The Bible tells us that John the Baptist was "filled with the Holy Spirit,
while yet in his mother's womb." (Luke1:15) God sent His angel to Zacharias to
tell him his wife would bear a son, and even told him what his name was to be.
He was told that "many will rejoice at his birth-for he will be great in the
sight of the Lord." (Luke 1:11-17)
It seems like God knew John quiet well and that He had a distinct purpose for
his life on earth... a purpose for him and him alone to fulfill.
Last but certainly not least, the angel Gabriel announced to Mary, "Behold, you
will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and shall name Him Jesus. He will
be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High... and his Kingdom will
have no end." (Luke 1:31-33) And so you see, God doesn't wait until a baby
moves or becomes completely ready for life outside of his mother, before He
knows it, loves it, and recognizes it as a tiny human being...so why shouldn't
we do the same!
"For Thou didst form my inward parts; though dist weave me in my mother's
womb...My frame was not hidden from Thee, when I was made in secret... Thine
eyes have seen my unformed substance; and in They book they were all written,
the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there was not one of them." -
Psalm 139:13-16
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