Prayer ~ Jesus, I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows it very well. ... How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them! Psalms 139:14, 17
O LORD, you have examined my heart and know
everything about me. You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts
even when I'm far away. You see me when I travel and when I rest at home. You
know everything I do. You know what I am going to say even before I say it,
LORD. You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my
head. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand! I
can never escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from your presence! If
I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the grave, you are there. If
I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans, even there
your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me. Psalm
139:1-10
Meditate. Traveling mercies.
With so the advent of summer, lots of people I know will be
traveling—even with gas and diesel at all-time high levels. I searched for this
scripture…remembering it vaguely from others praying it or paraphrasing it to
suit the occasion. I wanted to pray this for friends and family, but I just
couldn’t find it. Then when I stopped looking for it…here it was. Do you think
that Jesus prayed a similar prayer for His disciples as they traveled between
Jerusalem and the Sea of Galilee? After His resurrection, He surprised them one
morning when they had gone fishing.
Spiritually, what did you have for “breakfast?” My
son, Mike, told me once that he doesn’t feed his body without feeding his
spirit first. Wow—what did I ever do to get such a wise son? So—I
“fed” on Psalm 139 today and am in awe of God that He cares so much for each of
us. There is no where we can go that He isn’t already there…and He cares about
us to have created us with such intricate bodies. He is awesome and worthy of our
praise. Consider His works and His ways today.
Verses of Salvation ~ The faithful love of the LORD
never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies
begin afresh each morning. I say to myself, "The LORD is my inheritance;
therefore, I will hope in him!" The LORD is good to those who depend on
him, to those who search for him. So it is good to wait quietly for salvation
from the LORD. Lamentations 3:22-26
Memory Verse of the Week - Thank you for making me so
wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous--how well I know it. Psalm
139:14
Revised and reused from August 7, 2014. Banquet With The King
blog.
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