God Knows Us
Psalms 139:1-14 (NIV) Psalm 139
For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
1 You have searched me, LORD,
and you know me.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
4 Before a word is on my tongue
you, LORD, know it completely.
5 You hem me in behind and before,
and you lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.
7 Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,”
12 even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.
13 For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
Oh, what a wonderful hymn of praise! Wouldn’t you love to hear the music David wrote to accompany these words?
In these verses David recognizes the complete sovereignty of God. There is nothing hidden from our God. I have had people confess to me they were angry with God and asked if that was wrong. My reply has always been “He knows your anger before you express it, so you may as well tell Him you are angry and why. Trust me, He is big enough to handle it.”
Isn’t there a comfort in this world where we sometimes feel so isolated and unseen that God knows our going out and our lying down? Isn’t there peace in knowing that even the darkest place, in God there is light?
May we have the confidence of David in our God and in His love and watch care over us. And may we share God’s love with all.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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