This week, I want to share some verses from Psalms 139. I hope these verses reveal to you how well God knows you and how much he cares for you. Let his still, small voice speak to you through his Word:

Lord, you have examined me and know all about me. You know when I sit down and when I get up. You know my thoughts before I think them. You know where I go and where I lie down. You know thoroughly everything I do. Lord, even before I say a word, you already know it. You are all around me--in front and in back--and have put your hand on me. Your knowledge is amazing to me; it is more than I can understand.

Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I run from you? If I go up to the heavens, you are there. If I lie down in the grave, you are there. If I rise with the sun in the east and settle in the west beyond the sea, even there you would guide me. With your right hand you would hold me.

I could say, "The darkness will hide me. Let the light around me turn into night." But even the darkness is not dark to you. The night is as light as the day; darkness and light are the same to you.

You made my whole being; you formed me in my mother's body. I praise you because you made me in an amazing and wonderful way. What you have done is wonderful. I know this very well. You saw my bones being formed. All the days planned for me were written in your book before I was one day old.

God, your thoughts are precious to me. They are so many! If I could count them, they would be more than all the grains of the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.

God, examine me and know my heart; test me and know my nervous thoughts. See if there is any bad thing in me. Lead me on the road to everlasting life. (verses 1-18, 23-24, NCV).

I don't think anyone can truly understand how much God thinks about one of his children. His thoughts outnumber the grains of sand throughout the earth. That's a lot!

If you are feeling like God has forsaken you or given up on you, then read those words from Psalms 139 again. Let them sink deep into your heart. God cares for you more than you can fathom. You are so precious to him. His love for you reaches through the Cross and embraces you.

Blessings!

Russell

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