I am often asked what my
favorite passage of Scripture is.
I usually reply that it is whatever I am currently
studying. Romans chapter eight
and the Gospels are precious to me. My favorite
Psalm is 139 because it applies great Bible teaching
to my personal life.
Alexander Maclaren once said,
“Not mere omniscience, but a knowledge which knows
him altogether, not mere omnipresence, but a
presence where he can nowhere escape, not mere
creative power, but a power which shaped him, fill
and thrill the Psalmist’s soul.”
That is what I love about this
Psalm. Three of the most important teachings in the
Bible are applied to our daily life, and they give
us hope and encouragement in our stressful lives.
Do you long for an intimate
love relationship with the LORD God?
Here is a good place to begin. The Psalmist
calls us to respond personally to an all-knowing,
ever present, and all-powerful sovereign God who
loves us intimately.
You might find it frightening,
but I am deeply encouraged that the great God of the
universe sees and knows everything exhaustively and
perfectly. He definitely did not
wind up the universe and walk away from His design.
He is intimately involved in the details of
His creation.
“O LORD, Thou has searched me
and know me. Thou hast known when
I sit down and when I rise up; Thou dost understand
my thoughts from afar. Thou dost
scrutinize my path and my lying down, and art
intimately acquainted with all my ways.
Even before there is a word on my tongue, O
LORD, Thou dost know it all” (139:1-4).
A. W. Pink explains, “God knows
everything; everything possible, everything actual;
all events, all creatures of the past, the present,
and the future. He is perfectly acquainted with
every detail in the life of every being in heaven,
in earth and in hell . . . nothing escapes His
notice, nothing can be hidden from Him, and nothing
is forgotten by Him. He never
errs, never changes, and never overlooks anything.”
The Psalmist responded to such
intimate knowledge of us with these words. “Such
knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is too high.
I cannot attain to it” (v.6).
I cannot fathom the depth of
the mind of God. How can He know
and control all things in the universe?
But the greatest thing is He knows us with
such personal detail, and He still loves us! We are
not alone in this vast universe.
The LORD God is with us, and wants His best for each
of us.
There are no limits of His
knowledge of you and me. We never
go unnoticed. The LORD God is
both personal and majestic. We
will never be out of His sight or out of His mind.
We will spend every moment of our lives in
the sight and in the company of an omniscient,
omnipresent, and omnipotent God.
The All-knowing, always present and all-mighty One
loves us, and saves us by His grace and mercy.
He has promised us that His
love and grace will never leave us, nor forsake us.
He knows us as personal friends. There is
never a moment when His attention is distracted from
you and me.
Jeremiah knew God’s holy
presence when the cruel Babylonian army was
battering down the gates to the city of Jerusalem.
The LORD God said to him, “Let not a wise man
boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man
boast of his might, let not the rich man boast of
his riches; but let him who boasts boast of this,
that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD
who exercises loving kindness, justice, and
righteousness on earth; for I delight in these
things,” declares the LORD (Jer. 9:23-24).
Selah!
Message by Wil Pounds (c) 2006
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Wil is a graduate of William Carey University, B. A.; New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Th. M.; and Azusa Pacific University, M. A. He has pastored in Panama, Ecuador and the U. S, and served for over 20 years as missionary in Ecuador and Honduras. He had a daily expository Bible teaching ministry head in over 100 countries from 1972-2005. He continues to seek opportunities to be personally involved in world missions. Wil and his wife Ann have three grown daughters. He currently serves as a Baptist pastor and teaches seminary extension courses in Ecuador.
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