God knows us through and through

O Lord, You have searched me and known me. 2You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off.     P139:1-2  

Just think about that; God knows everything about us, what we think, what we are going to say and stop ourself, what we think of others etc. etc. He knows every last thing about us. Now from one point of view that is encouraging. From another, it is quite scary because, there are things that we would rather not let God know about. But that is impossible, He created each one of us, so He is going to know these things. Just consider that for a moment. When we have committed something that we know we shouldn't have committed, He knows. When we've said something about someone or thought it, God knows about that too. (v4) There is no escape from this.

God has placed a hedge around us. That is great because we know that He is protecting us, From another point of view, it can be unnerving because, this hedge prevents us doing what we would like to do at times. In other words, David was saying that he feels 'locked in, there is nowhere to run and hide.' Jonah must have felt this when he tried to run away from God instead of accepting His call to go to Nineveh. He escaped on a boat; got swallowed by a whale and then spewed up on an island somewhere. He could not escape.

None of us worried about this before we were saved; it just went over our heads. But now, it stares us in the face, we cannot hide from this fact. But why should we? Isn't it wonderful to realise that God loves us so much that He has our back? He watches over every part of our lives.

However, we need to realise that what we do and say, and allow in our hearts, He knows about that too. This may prevent us from doing these things but, also, it may not and we do them anyway. Then this is where the overpowering guilt takes over our lives.

There are things in our lives that we would rather not have - sinful thoughts, bad feelings towards people and sadly for some, adultery. If God knows about these things and yet still loves us, don't you think it is time to own up to them and break free from that locked in feeling that we have. "If the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.' John 8:18.

Copyright 2025 Grahame Howard. 

If you don't know Jesus or, have fallen away, why not say this prayer right now:

Lord Jesus, I have sinned. I ask you to forgive me and be my Lord and Saviour. Please come into my heart, fill me with Your Spirit and give me a brand new start today. 

In Jesus' Name. Amen'

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