Psalm 139:1

"To the Choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O Lord, you have searched me and know me!" Psalm 139:1

I am on a verse by verse journey through Psalm 139. It is a chapter so full of gems that I feel it needs to be done this way.

This verse says He has searched us. It would seem that the all knowing God wouldn't need to do any searching, but He does anyway. The word search here means so much more than He just looked at us. It actually means that He digs as for treasure. Wow! Do you know what that means? It means that He has placed in each of us treasure. That is an awesome enough though in itself, but it's not just that we have treasure in us. He searches for it. He digs it out.

Of course, if He has to dig it out it's probably deep down there. We probably have no idea what the treasure is in us. And with digging comes show shifting of dirt. It is great to know there is treasure within us, but it is humbling to know He has to do some work in us to get it out in the open.

Then there is that little phrase "know me". You may be thinking, like I did, of course He does. But it is more than just He knows us, but that He understands us. Each of us is complicated by the personalities we have, the pains we have felt, the wounds we have, the joys we have experienced, and those treasures in us, to just name a few aspects that complicate us. However, He understands all of what makes us, us. He isn't scared off by any part of us. Instead of being scared off He actually digs deeper into us for the treasure.

He longs for us to truly know Him. He longs for us to truly know us for the wonderful creations He has made. How do we know? Well the Bible is full of verses that tell us so, and He even had an entire chapter of Psalms written to tell us how much He wants us to know that.

He Knows You

This was from November 4, 2012

Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations."

God knows you! This week a friend of mine, who recently surrender her life to God, mentioned that now God knows her name. I told her He has always known her name.

Always! God knew each of our names from before there was time as we know it. I can’t think about that for too long because it makes my eyes cross trying to comprehend. Whether I can comprehend it or not, He did.

He knows every hurt that we have ever had and every hurt we will have. He knows every time when we need His peace and He gives it. He knows when we will mess up and He is ready to forgive us. He knows every time we took a stand for what is right and every time we wanted to but let fear stop us. He knows every friend we’ll have and every person who will hurt us. He knows exactly what we need at every single moment of our lives.

When I feel like no one understands or cares I remember that He does. He has always cared about me. I have done nothing to desire that, none of us could ever do anything to deserve that.

As if that isn’t enough, not only does He know you He has appointed you to… Oh, I don’t know what He appointed you to do, but I do know He has appointed each of us to do something that is just ours. I am a teacher and I could say that isn’t any different than the million of teachers there are right now, but I am the only teacher who will get each of the combinations of students I get and when I get them. He has planned that out just for me.

He appointed you to do what you do for “such a time as this”. (I love that line from Esther 4:14.)  He picked you for what you have done, are doing, and will do. You don’t have to be a Jeremiah or an Esther for God to know your name and appoint you. Doesn’t that make you smile? It makes me.