He Knows Me

You have searched me, Lord, and you know me^. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely. Psalm 139:1-4

After my revelation in the mirror, I decided that I needed to make a plan to get fit and healthier. In my mind, I started mapping out ways that I felt I could make it work. One was memory verse walks on the treadmill. As I was walking along rehearing the verses in my little book I came across today’s passage.

It was as if He was right there with me, looking at me and letting me know that He is fully aware of every detail in my life. Many times I’ve felt that things like weight issues are my own problem and if I would just try harder and stay committed they would work themselves out. I didn’t want to bother God with them because I felt that it was my own lack of control that caused them.

But at that moment, in His presence, I didn’t feel condemnation, but rather a loving Father who was present and waiting for me to include Him in my struggle. My heart smiled at that revelation and my next memory verse confirmed how personal our relationship is. The passage was Psalm 139:13-18 which reads:

For you created my inmost being;
    you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,
    I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you
    when I was made in the secret place
    when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
    all the days ordained for me were written in your book
    before one of them came to be.
 How precious to me are your thoughts, God!
    How vast is the sum of them!
 Were I to count them,
    they would outnumber the grains of sand—
    when I awake, I am still with you.

He knows every detail about us and He is waiting for us to invite Him in to walk through each and every one together. We don’t have to do it alone. Thank you, Lord! Please come in and let’s do life together.