“O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You understand my thought from afar. You scrutinize my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways.” (Psalms 139:1-3)
Thus begins what for me, is the best of all the Psalms. It is an awesome discourse on the magnificent, and all knowing God that is our personal Lord and Savior! King David, moved by the Holy Spirit ( see 2 Peter 1:21), reminds us that God knows us intimately. He knows when we sit down and when we stand up. He knows what we are thinking, even if we are all alone in a dark room, and He knows every detail about our being. Do you have some secrets from your spouse, your parents, or your best friends? God knows all about them.
“Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, O Lord You know it all. You have enclosed me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is too high, I cannot attain to it.” (verses 4-6)
Our Lord wants us to spend time with Him in prayer and discourse but it is not because He doesn’t know everything you have to say already. He wants to have a personal relationship with you and He wants to hear you talk to Him and have Him in your confidence. He has provided protection for us in the front and in the back. That is something that is so wonderful; that the creator of the universe wants me to know Him, that we really have a hard time grasping that concept. David says “It is too high, I cannot attain to it.” (See what Isaiah says about that: read Isaiah 55:8-9)
“Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold You are there. If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, Even there your hand will lead me, and Your right hand will lay hold of me.” (verses 7-10)
There is not a place in this universe where God is not. He is with you where you are whether it is the place you want to be or not. I am currently rereading a book about a soldier that was a prisoner of war of the Japanese in Burma during World War II. No place on earth could be described as a worse kind of “hell on earth” than those POW camps. Yet God was there with Him and his fellow prisoners! A great awakening of God was experienced, under the power of the Holy Spirit, and thousands of lives were changed to live their lives for Jesus under the worst of conditions and their lives were transformed to live the remainder of their lives for Him!
Where are you now? It doesn’t really mater because He is with you and He will carry you through whatever difficulty or challenge you are going through. He is our creator and He knows us intimately. The question is: Do you know Him and are you taking time to know more about Him and His plans for you?
PRAY
1. Lord, I praise You and thank You for being such a loving and all powerful God for me.
2. Thank you for creating me in You image and allowing me this time to live on the planet You have created just for your people.
3. Help me today to draw closer to You in the reading of Your Holy Word and by talking to You in prayer at least once a day, and hopefully much more!
