The Importance of Knowing Your Identity
Psalm 139 will teach us how intricately God made us and knows us, that He is with us wherever we are, and that He wants to lead us.
Psalms 139-Introduction
Know Your Identity Knowing your identity is so important! If you are not sure of who you are, then you can be swayed to be someone or something you were not intended to be. You can be swayed to do things you were not intended to do. The Bible teaches…
Psalms 139: 1-2
He Knows Us Intimately The ones He knows the best, He loves the most. That’s all of us. Psalms 139:1-2 New American Standard Bible says: O Lord, You have searched me and known me.You know when I sit down and when I rise up;You understand my thought from afar. Search H2713 here means to “to penetrate, to…
Psalms 139: 3-4
Intimately Acquainted with All My Ways Isn’t it nice to know someone cares? Like when you’re feeling down and someone close to you notices. God notices you too! Psalms 139 verses 3-4 New American Standard Bible shows us just how closely He notices: You scrutinize my path and my lying down,And are…
Psalms 139: 5-6
Lovingly Boxed In Have you ever felt boxed in by God. Whichever way you turned, He seemed to be trying to keep you still and tell you something and you just weren’t getting it. You know He could just let you do your own thing (well sometimes He does, see…
Psalms 139: 7-10
His Presence Holds You Have you ever gone through such a difficult time that you just wanted to get away from it all? Or wished you could escape as far away as possible where no one could find you? You are not the only one who has felt that way…
Psalms 139: 11-12
His Light Penetrates our Darkness Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the darkness around you? Maybe your circumstances were just too much for you to handle and you felt like you were drowning in darkness. Or maybe your flesh was pulling you into sin and you felt like you couldn’t…
Psalms 139: 13
Intricately Woven I am a seamstress. When I make a garment, say a dress, there is a lot of planning that goes into it. First, I look at lots of patterns to decide the shape of the dress. I have to make sure I have just the right size. Then…
Psalms 139: 14
My Soul Knows it Very Well Have you ever felt like you were just DIFFERENT than everyone else? I find that I often view things differently than others. Even the sign on my rearview mirror that says, “Objects are closer than they appear,” seems backwards to me. I would have…
Psalm 139: 15-16
Lovingly Planned Beforehand You were never hidden from God. Earlier in Psalm 139:7-10 we learned that God is everywhere and even if you tried, there is no place you could go to get away from Him. In verses 11-12 we saw that with God you are not alone in your…
Psalms 139: 17-18
His Precious Thoughts If something is precious to you, what do you do with it? I have a heart-shaped necklace that my husband gave me on our 20th anniversary that I love (just celebrated 35 years yesterday!). I have several choices here. I could stick it in a lockbox and…
Psalms 139: 19-22
His Enemies, Our Enemies It’s ok if you have enemies. In fact, God does. And He says we will too, if we follow Him. Psalm 139 takes a turn from addressing us and His plan for us, to addressing God and His enemies. Let’s look at Psalm 139:19-22 New American…
Psalms 139: 23-24
Search My Heart How desperate are you to know God? Are you willing to let Him shine His light on your heart to reveal any dark areas keeping you away from Him. Remember that where He is, there is no darkness, because His light illumines any darkness it encounters. In…
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