READ: Psalms 139-140
Psalm 139 clearly explains there is nowhere we can go from God’s
presence. There is no hiding place. Nothing we do can ever be hidden. Even if
no other person ever learns of it, God knows the entirety of it. On one hand
this is a desperately frightening truth. To know our perfect, holy, and jealous
God knows everything, including every sin, is overwhelming. Even the sins I
have committed involuntarily or have completely forgotten or never known about,
are fully known to God. We cannot hide a thing.
On the other hand, this truth is deeply refreshing. There is no point in
attempting to ‘look good’ before God. We can never look better or worse because
He already sees it all. All our sin, all that has been done to us, all the
things we’re ashamed of – God knows each one intricately. And He still loves
us. This truth can set us free when we realize God offers forgiveness from
absolutely everything. He never requires us to hide. He never is shocked with
our confession. He knows.
This psalm also speaks of God’s very detailed and painstaking creation
of each person. He knitted us together in our mother’s womb. Knitting is a hand
art. It means the very thread of our being passed through His gigantic hands of
love. Every cell, every curve and crevice was formed by the touch of His
fingers. When the DNA and genetic code was placed in our bodies, no matter how
imperfect it may seem today, it was done with love and for His good purpose. He
not only created our bodies, but planned our days. He looked forward into the
lives we would live and knew it all. He could match our days with the bodies
and vice versa. He created us as a complete package: our purpose and plan
perfectly matched with His Creation. We are no accident.
This is why, as we see in the final two verses of the psalm, we can
confidently ask God to speak to us about what’s hidden inside. He knows. He
knows which way we were created to go and live and do. He knows where we are
doing that well, and where we’re not. He knows our motives and our attitudes. He
knows our sin and our righteousness. Because His love for us is so great, and
evidenced so clearly in our very bodies, we can be confident He would gladly,
and yet gently, reveal to us those things not in line with His will so we can
change it by His grace. He is truly a magnificent God, and we His wonderful
creation.
JOURNALING
AND PRAYER
1.
Ask the Lord
to reveal to your heart if there is anything you are trying to hide from Him.
Do you have a closed off area of your heart?
Ask Him to give you words, thoughts, or pictures of how much He sees,
especially of that hidden part even if it seems painful at first, and how much
He loves you anyway. Confess those things you’ve been afraid to even think
about. Admit the fears you don’t dare breathe aloud about. Bask in His love.
Take time to pour out your heart to Him of those things you may not normally
talk to Him about. Let Him speak to you of His overwhelming love.
2.
Thank God for how He created you. Ask Him to speak
to you about the health issues, and complaints you have had about your body.
Ask Him to speak truth to you about them, giving you His perspective. Thank Him
for being so deliberate in how He created you with the body you have and the
purpose He made you for.
3.
Ask God to reveal something about yourself that
even you don’t know, or to expose sin you are unaware of. Listen carefully, let
Him explain through words, thoughts and pictures. Confess sin, if that’s what
He reveals. Give thanks for how intricately and thoroughly He knows you.
