Thought from today’s Bible reading from Psalm 131, 138-139, 143-145.
In Psalm 139, David praises God for His omniscience. Let us be reminded of everything that is included in God’s knowledge of us.
God knows our thoughts and our motives:
“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 intimately acquainted with all my ways. Even before there is a word on my tongue, behold, O Lord, You know it all” (Psalm 139:1-4).
God knows our actions and circumstances:
“Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to 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. If I say, ‘Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, and the light around me will be night,’ even the darkness is not dark to You, and the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike to You” (Psalm 139:7-12).
God knows our existence (even from conception) and future:
“For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth; Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; and in Your book were all written the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there was not one of them” (Psalm 139:13-16).
We can hide nothing from God. Rather than think of this as something negative, we should accept it and recognize it as a blessing. God’s intimate knowledge of us helps make our salvation possible. David concludes this psalm by showing the connection between God’s omniscience and our salvation: “Search me, O God, and know my heart; try and and know my anxious thoughts; and see if there be any hurtful way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way” (Psalm 139:23-24).
Tomorrow’s reading: 1 Chronicles 26-29; Psalm 127
[I’m using the Chronological reading plan on the Bible Gateway website if you’d like to follow along, too.]
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