#TuesdayTruth Psalms 139:1-6, 23-24

Psalms 139:1-6, 23-24

“You have searched me, LORD, and you know me.

You know when I sit and when I rise;

you perceive my thoughts from afar.

You discern my going out and my lying down;

you are familiar with all my ways.

Before a word is on my tongue you, LORD, know it completely.

You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.

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Search me, God, and know my heart;

test me and know my anxious thoughts.

See if there is any offensive way in me,

and lead me in the way everlasting.”

One of the first things that comes to my mind when I read this Scripture is the song “Known” by Tauren Wells (in one part it says, “I’m fully known and loved by You”). Think about that for a moment- fully known- not partially, not mostly, not more than others, but FULLY known.

How incredible, and even overwhelming, is it to think that the Sovereign God of the universe truly KNOWS us. He knows the “pretty” parts and He knows the “not so pretty” stuff (even that which we can barely admit to ourselves) AND HE LOVES US as a son/daughter. He knows us better than any human ever has or ever will.

As the passage says, this is truly “too wonderful for me.” I can not fathom it.

In the later verses quoted above, David asks God to “search” him, to “test” him, to “know” his anxious thoughts. If I am being completely honest, I do not know that I want God to know me on that level, to test me, and to know my anxious thoughts. There are a lot of those, and my feeble human mind fears that He will think less of me.

The thing is- He does already know me (fully), and He LOVES me STILL. He loves me enough (even with all my flaws and failures) to leave the 99…for me.

It overwhelms me. It is “too lofty for me to attain.”

Heavenly Father,

Thank you for both knowing us fully and loving us anyway. Thank you that this is not dependent on anything that we say or do. Thank you that we can bring our anxieties to you and know that you will not look down on us, or think us weak, but will instead lead us “in the way everlasting.”

We love you,

Amen.