Psalm 139, one of the Psalms of the Bible beautifully explains how intimately God knows you.
Psalms are short poems or songs that describe elements of God’s nature, His dealings with mankind and examples of human responses to God.
One of the lovely things about this Psalm is that there are no conditions, God knows you, regardless if you have encountered Him or not. Let’s take a look at what it says.
God knows me
You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely. You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. (verses 1-6)
There is nowhere I can go where God is not with me
Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,” even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you. (verses 7-12)
God created me
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. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. (verses 13-16)
God thinks about me
How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand—when I awake, I am still with you. (verses 17-18)
Some people reject God
If only you, God, would slay the wicked! Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty! They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name. Do I not hate those who hate you, Lord, and abhor those who are in rebellion against you? I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies. (verses 19-22)
Some people accept God
Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. (verses 23-24)
This Psalm presents that God knows you, that there is nowhere you can go where God is not with you, He created you, and that He thinks of you…a lot.
The Psalm also presents the two options of response to this truth, you can either reject God or accept God.
Read again this Psalm and reflect on what it tells you about God.
What is your response?
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