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09. Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

Beautiful News
by Matt Redman



 

So fearfully and wonderfully made,
How could they say there is no God?
Reminded every breath that I take,
It´s by Your hand I have been formed
So what am I going to do with this life You gave me?
What could I do but live for Your praise?

You gave me this breath,
And You gave me this strength,
And every day I´ll live to obey You.
With all of my heart,
With all of my soul;
Let every breath I´m breathing display You God.

There´s elegance in all you create
Your grand designs leave us amazed.
The wonders of the way we´ve been made
Speak of Your power, tell of Your grace.
So what am I going to do with this life You gave me?
What could I do but live for Your praise?

So what am I going to do with this life You gave me?
What am I going to do with this life?
What I am I going to do in these days You´ve ordained?
What am I going to do with this life?

Matt and Beth Redman ©2006 Thankyou Music (administered worldwide by EMI CMG Publishing, excluding the UK which is administered by Kingswaysongs.com)

Behind the Song:
Bible reference: Psalm 139

'This song started being written moments after my wife and I had just seen an ultrasound scan of our new little baby growing in the womb. Amazed again at the miracle of life, this thought, based on Psalm 139 entered my head, ´So fearfully and wonderfully made, how could they say there is no God?´ That became the opening line of the song.

Sometimes I find it hard to fathom that people can´t recognise evidence of our Creator. You need look no further than your own body to see the wonders of His deisign. As the song says, with every breath we take we´re reminded that there is One who made us and sustains our every living moment.

Just before mixing this song, we had the idea of adding a heartbeat sound of a baby in the womb to the intro. I found such a sound ,a 16 week old baby in the womb, and sent it to the producers. They nearly fell off their chairs because, astoundingly, the heartbreat tempo perfectly matched the tempo of the song. The chances of these matching up so precisely must be crazily small. It felt like a precious moment, and one of those times when you get a sense of God´s smile over you.

Many babies in the womb, even way more developed than this one, are aborted each year. Yet, here we have the sound of this little heartbeat , beating away, so full of life and potential. Perhaps one day our society might wake up to what we´re doing. And as Christians we´ll need to be part of the wake up call, speaking out truth and showing compassion alongside it. Sometimes worship and politics needs to mix.

The lovely end to this song story is that in September my wife gave birth to our little boy Rocco Benjamin Redman.' - Matt Redman

 

 

 

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This Friday, November 14, 2025
ALBUMS
Bethel Music We Must Respond (Deluxe) [Bethel]
Emery White Line Fever (Remastered) - Disc One (independent)
FYR FYTR Snow After Fire - EP (independent)
JERICKO Ups and Downs - EP [Syntax]
Kings Kaleidoscope Asaph's Arrows II EP [BEC]
VIC LUCAS The Journey (Deluxe Version) [Syntax]
Ronnie Martin Evergreen Melodie [Velvet Blue]
NF FEAR - EP [Capitol]
Blessing Offor To All A Good Night [Capitol CMG]
Rave Jesus I MET GOD ON THE DANCEFLOOR [Provident]
The Young Escape Not Done Yet [BEC]

SINGLES
ADRIEL CRUZ & JAMIL Praying For My Enemies - Single [Syntax]
BILL B. My Lord - Single [Syntax]
Biscuits Drifting Off (Hayloft) - Single [Circle Back]
CUTRIGHT, ZIPPY, & QEW Pick it Up - Single [Syntax]
DRENAE Like U Do - Single [Syntax]
KNALADEUS, SELAH THE CORNER, & AYO SHAMIR Let it Be (ft. JOSEPH SD) - Single [Syntax]
LEXLY NIRVANA Perdoname - Single [Syntax]
Richard Lynch Why Me Lord - Single [MTS]
NEEDTOBREATHE Where You Call Home - Single [Omnivore]
Hunter Plake Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Single [BEC]

Next Sunday, November 16, 2025
ALBUMS
Bir Witness 26.13 (independent)

Next Thursday, November 20, 2025
SINGLES
The Rocky Valentines Happy Thanksgiving - Double Single [Velvet Blue]

Next Friday, November 21, 2025
ALBUMS
Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors, Ellie Holcomb I'll Be Home for Christmas - EP [Magnolia]
Joseph Habedank The Great Adventure: A Tribute to Steven Curtis Chapman [Daywind]
Andrew Marcus Christmas - EP (independent)
Stryper The Greatest Gift Of All [Frontiers]

SINGLES
Cliff & Antoinette Murray Happy Thanksgiving - Single [DREAM]
Jake MacAdam, Mark & Sarah Tillman Christ Has Come - Single [Ocean House]
Life.Church Worship A Thousand Blessings - Single [Ocean House]
Good Weather Forecast Little Christmas - Single [DREAM]

VINYL
Stryper The Greatest Gift Of All Vinyl [Girder]


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