Click here to read Psalm 139.
We are starting into week 2. Keep going. Keep listening to God's prompting. He is at work in you, even if you don't sense it.
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"Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting" (verse 22-24).
ReplyDeleteThis has been my daily prayer for a few years now. For a time anxious thoughts kept me from sleep, from concentrating throughout my day, from experiencing the life my Father planned for me. But through recovery and my accountability sisters I am free of such heavy anxiety. "For you created me in my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb, I praise you becuase I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well" (verse13-14). My Father created me as part of his plan. When I set down at Christ's feet my baggage of pride, ambition, overachieving tendencies, perfectionism, and other self-centered ways, and ask Him to make me like "salt and light," He lifts the anxiety from my life and shows me opportunity to glorify Him. And I am blessed by an abundance of joy and love that keeps me seeking "His everlasting way." Dear Father: Let us set down our baggage so that we may be free to do your good works. Let our hearts be full of compassion, our eyes be open, and our hands be reaching toward those opportunities you provide to us each day to share with others Your wonderful plan of a free and abundant life in your "everlasting way." Amen
A couple things hit me with this Psalm. Verse 13 - "You knit me together in my mother's womb"; and verse 15 & 16 - "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".
ReplyDelete1) God surely has a purpose for my existence.
2) How can you ever support abortions? From Gods lips - life starts in the womb!
Finally, this Psalm wonderfully describes the omniscient (all-knowing), omnipresent (everywhere present), and omnipotent (all powerful) God. I recently read "The Shack" (highly recommend it), and I think this Psalm has greater meaning for me because of it. I have limited God in my life, in my thoughts, and in my prayers.....He is the Creator! He took a blank canvas and created a masterpiece - with the world, with you, and with me. I may often feel unworthy, ugly, or failing - but God sees a masterpiece when He looks at me. Thank you Jesus!
Hey, if anyone wants to hear some great insights about Psalm 130, just ask me!!! Apparently, my eyesight isn't all that great at 5:30 in the morning...139 sure looked like 130!!! I guess God needed ME to read 130. Have a blessed day, everyone...
ReplyDeleteYou discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.
ReplyDeleteThis reminded me of a great song by Zoey Girl...
I may be missunderstood 'cause I wouldn't ever fake it
you're the only one who understands my pain
cause you get me
doesn't matter what they do what they think what they say
at the end of the day I'm okay anyway
'cause LORD you get me
Krista,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your devotion. I read it to my daughter tonight. She is having some troubles at school with being misunderstood and your choice of verse and response really spoke to her, reminding her that God made her who she is and even when it feels like noone else gets her, He is right there with her.
Where can I go from your Spirit?
ReplyDeleteWhere can I flee from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, [a] you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.
If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,"
There was a time in my life when I was a "lazy Christian." I let other things take on more importance than devoting my time to God and his word. I was a passive believer. I wanted the church to serve me instead of serving the church. I convinced myself that going to church every Sunday wasn't as important. I tried to hide but I couldn't. God kept tugging at my heart and whispering in my ear until I made a concious effort to get back on the path. When I lost a close family member, I reached out my hand and God grabbed it tightly. He promised me he would give me answers but I would have to work hard to get them.
Dear Lord,
Thank you for letting me know that you are always present no matter what. I pray that you will tighten your grip on my hand and continue to hold it through the good times and bad. Bless the girl that is struggling with her peers. Help her to know that you have a magnificent plan for her. Help her to understand that she is a true beauty in your eyes.