Episode 151: Psalm 139

Today's meditation is on Psalm 139

O Lord, you have examined my heart. You know everything there is to know about me. You know when I sit down or stand up. You perceive every movement of my heart and soul and understand my every thought before it even enters my mind. Even when I’m far away, you see me when I travel and when I rest at home. You know everything I do. You are so intimately aware of me, Lord. You read my heart like an open book. You know what I am going to say even before I say it. You know every step I will take before my journey even begins. You've gone into my future to prepare the way, and in kindness you follow behind me to spare me from the harm of my past. You place your hand of blessing on my head. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand. The wonder of it all brings me strength.

Where could I go from your Spirit? Where could I run and hide from your face? I can never get away from your presence, Lord. If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the grave, you are there. If I ride the wings of the dawn, or fly into the radiant sunset, you are there waiting. If I dwell by the farthest oceans, even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will empower me. I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night — but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you.

You formed my innermost being, shaping my delicate inside and my intricate outside, and wove them all together in my mother's womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex. Your workmanship is marvelous. Everything you do is breathtaking. It simply amazes me to think about it. How thoroughly you know me, Lord. You formed every bone in my body when you created me in the secret place. Carefully, skillfully, you shaped me from nothing into something. You saw me before I was born. You saw who you created me to be before I became me. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.

How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. Every single moment you are thinking of me. How wonderful to consider that you cherish me constantly in your every thought. Your desires toward me are more than the grains of sand on every shore. They cannot be numbered. And when I awake each morning, you are still with me.

Search me, O God, and know my heart. Examine me through and through. Find out everything that may be hidden within me. Put me to the test and sift through all my anxious cares. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me back to your glorious, everlasting way -- the path that brings me back to you.

Until next time, be blessed and be a blessing.

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