Prayer – Lord, I’m comfortable with You knowing
everything about me. Like David, I just want to know what You want to change in
me. Let’s do it. I want to please You.
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. I could ask the
darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night—but even in
darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day.
Darkness and light are the same to you. You made all the delicate, inner parts
of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb. Thank you for making me so
wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. You
watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in
the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was
recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had
passed. How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be
numbered! I can't even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when
I wake up, you are still with me! O God, if only you would destroy the wicked!
Get out of my life, you murderers! They blaspheme you; your enemies misuse your
name. O LORD, shouldn't I hate those who hate you? Shouldn't I despise those
who oppose you? Yes, I hate them with total hatred, for your enemies are my
enemies. Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious
thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path
of everlasting life. Psalm 139:1-24
Meditate.
I love David’s honesty and openness in this Psalm. He
acknowledges that God knows everything about him, but he has a humble attitude
that acknowledges God’s
omniscience.
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| Don't be a donkey! God knows you ...better than you know yourself. |
And Solomon, my son, learn to
know the God of your ancestors intimately. Worship and serve him with your
whole heart and a willing mind. For the LORD sees every heart and knows every
plan and thought. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you forsake him,
he will reject you forever. 1 Chronicles 28:9
Jesus
knows our thoughts. You know He is God. His qualities are like that of our
Heavenly Father God. Jesus knew the disciples’ thoughts and He hasn’t changed.
He knows our thoughts, too.
Jesus knew immediately what they
were thinking, so he asked them, "Why do you question this in your
hearts?" Mark
2:8
Be
careful what you think, say and do. God knows your motives and actions even
before you do. He knows all. Remember that David said if you seek God you will
find Him. Are you seeking Him today? Does knowing God’s omniscience draw you
closer in your relationship with God?
Verses of Salvation ~ So you must remain faithful to what you
have been taught from the beginning. If you do, you will remain in fellowship
with the Son and with the Father. And in this fellowship we enjoy the eternal
life he promised us. 1
John 2:24-25
Salvation
is eternal life.
Memory Verse of the Week ~ "But forget
all that—it is nothing compared to what I am going to do. For I am about to do
something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a
pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland. Isaiah 43:18-19
Recycled and revised from January 19, 2021
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