Psalm 139

What a beautiful Psalm speaking of God’s intimate knowledge of our lives. He has know us from the beginning and is aware of every aspect of our lives. And that awareness is about both care and accountability. Who better to entrust our lives to than to the one who knows us so well and who has created us? There is no place we could go to ever escape His presence and His oversight. What comfort that should give us as well as the affirmation that we cannot get away with things. God sees the good, the bad and the ugly. And if God is aware of the lives of those who believe in Him, He also knows the lives of those who do not. And David shares some harsh sentiments towards them that we might understand but should not replicate, or maybe express in our times with God, letting vengeance be His, but not in our interaction with people. Jesus tells us to love our enemies and that is the standard we attain to. But who better to search our hearts and evaluate what is there than the God who knows best? What a wonderful provision for our lives to lay our thoughts bare before God and let Him tell us what is right and wrong there and then let Him lead us to what is best. We should do this constantly before a God who does not condemn but does convict, who heals and transforms, and who will be brutally honest with us. How we all need that kind of insight….