Psalms 139:1-6
"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.
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."
Recognizing God's knowledge of everything we think and do might be startling to some. To think that God is already knowing what you think about Him knowing what you think, could be fearful to some. God knows your thoughts, BEFORE you think them, not simply as you think them. God is not reading your mind, He is knowledgable of it, before we have the thought. Such knowledge, according to the writer of the above Psalm (King David) is "too wonderful for me; it is too high, I cannot attain to it." Even the great poet, king, warrior, shepherd David was awestruck by this truth. To some it is so vast, that they can't fathom thinking of it and ignore it. They run their trite lives in blissful ignorance and will only learn later that this thought will be their doom as God brings to the record all they have ever done, including rejected His truth and Him! To the believer, this is a blessed truth. God is the one who knows our cares and concerns before they become cares and concerns. God is in the midst of all our disaster, because He knew about it before each piece was put into motion ... in fact, He put it into motion.. For the believer the truth contained in these verses might be impossible to attain but peaceful to believe. To claim in you understand it would be to elevate your own mind and diminish Gods. To claim you believe it and rest in it is an act of faith, given by God and enjoyed by you. Let's live our lives in a way that reflects the beauty of these truths. He knows the path you took today ... each turn. He knows the next words you are going to say after reading this devotional ... before you know them. He has "enclosed" before and behind. Such knowledge is too wonderful. It is so calming to the soul who has learned it and rested upon it.
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