God Knows Me: Part 1

LORD, you have examined me. You know me. You know when I sit down and when I stand up. Even from far away, you comprehend my plans. There isn't a word on my tongue, LORD, that you don't already know completely.

Psalm 139:1-2, 4 (CEB)

During this season of Lent, I have read and talked a lot about how Jesus experienced abandonment from his closest friends and followers and ultimately from God before his death in order for us to never experience what abandonment from God is like. Not only are we never abandoned by God, but God knows us intimately.

God examines each of us and knows us. He knows us so intimately that he knows when we sit down and when we stand up! Even from the far and unfathomable distance of heaven from our location on earth is, he still knows and comprehend's our plans. How amazing is that?!? God knows us! He knows each and every word that we will utter even before that word comes to our minds. David tells us that God knows us completely.

If you needed another reason to give praise to God today, praise him and thank him for his complete knowledge of you! Nothing in this world, NOTHING, comes as a shock and surprise to the God of the universe who created everything including you. God knows us, loves us, and died for us so that we can know him in return. Now that is a reason to praise God today!

Thank you God for knowing us completely. You know us completely, meaning you know how awful and sinful our hearts are without you and yet you continue to love us all the more!

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