Psalm 139: 1-4 “Oh Lord, you have searched me 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 know it completely, O Lord.”
Psalm 139 brings comfort to me knowing God is all-seeing,
all-knowing and all-powerful. In
the human realm, people only know what we tell them or what they observe. Beyond that, they can make
judgments—some accurate and some out of preconceived notions. I often describe my
friendships in circles. I have my
“inner circle” and these are the friends that I share the dirt with. They know most of my fears, my
struggles with sin and dreams, hopes and aspirations. The "mid-circle" may know some of this, but
certainly not as much as the inner circle. And then there is the outer circle, which are my
acquaintances—those I still consider friends, but I do not know the details of
their daily life and they do not know mine.
Which circle does God fall into for you? Do you share the intimate details of
your daily life—the dirt, your fears, struggles and sin, dreams, hopes, desires
and aspirations? Or is He in your
mid-circle where He knows some, but only intermittently? Possibly, He is merely in your outer
circle—where you consider Him part of your life, but do not consult with Him
daily or consider the fact that He knows you best.
We let others know and see what we want them to. On the flip side, we hide what we do
not want them to see and do not share out of fear they will discover
something. God already knows
everything about us, even the number of hairs on our heads (Matthew 10:30), and
still accepts us and loves us.
Isn’t that comforting? God
is always in our inner circle with us.
His greatest gift is to
allow us to know Him, turn to Him and become more like His Son, Jesus.
Warmly,
Jill
Warmly,
Jill
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