HE KNOWS ME

 

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.
Psalm 139:1-3

There was something my Mother did in my growing up years that troubled me greatly. My husband will do it every now just to tease me. In various circumstances, my mother with her right index finger, would point to the back of her left hand and say ,“I know you like the back of my hand.” I may have accepted that when elementary age, but as I got older, I seriously doubted that she or anyone else knew me that well.

It was in college, I was introduced to Psalm 139. It's a wonderful Psalm that speaks of God's sovereignty in every situation that touches our lives. After all, His Holy Spirit dwells in we believers, so God knows us very well...in fact, as well as we can be known. The first verses in Psalm 139 tell us how well He knows us. He knows when we sit or stand. He knows my every thought even at a distance and knows my every need.

In these days, we are facing things of evil like never before. Our culture is in danger of being wiped out...same with our history. We are tired of disease, masks and being at a distance from folks in almost every setting. Nothing is the same as it was just a year ago. I tend to have some days of discouragement and even wonder at times why God doesn't snap His finger or blink an eye to bring it all to some end. Doesn't He see...doesn't He know?

In His case, I'm so glad God knows me perfectly in every way. He knows my every move and mood. He knows how to meet my needs better than anyone else can, all because He knows me so well. In my life, God has so often shown His love and care for me in small ways that means big things to me. They are things that speak in little and big ways all at once.

For instance, He often surprises us in such unexpected ways that are so encouraging. Recently, a package arrive at our door. I was sitting in a bit of a doldrums. Brian retrieved retrieved the package. He thought it was probably the cotton sheets we had ordered. He came with the package and began to open it up. I unwrapped pillow cases while he began separating the cardboard and sheets. All of a sudden, a very small strip of paper fell from one of the sheets. Brian picked up, looked at it and handed it to me. It was probably an inch wide and three inches long. The print on it read:

But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives,
He will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy
peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness, and
self-control.” Galatians 5:22-23

I don't know if it was the verse itself or that a Word of Scripture dropped onto the floor out of no where. No matter how the Word comes, it speaks and refreshes...it's like a little love pat from the Lord. God knew I needed that little bit of encouragement that seemed so big at the time. The company couldn't have planned that, but God could plan it down to the very day. The Word of God is so powerful and speaks for itself in timely fashion.

How many times has someone come to my mind in a special way and I didn't know why so ignored the prodding. Perhaps that person needed a note from me, a FB message or a call. It doesn't have to be anything long and drawn out...just a touch. It may be a note with no more than “Thinking of you” and writing down a verse of Scripture to bless. God not only knows my sittings, laying, coming and going but knows the very same about everyone else. Now there is Someone who knows all of us like the back of His nail-pierced hand.

Father, I never cease being amazed at how you see to our needs and show us Your love in so many ways...big or small. You so wonderfully show Yourself in our lives by using others to work for You. Thank You for Your love for us and for really knowing us like the back of Your precious hand. In Jesus' precious name....Amen