Sometimes, when we talk about what God is like, we use the “omni” words.
- God is omnipotent. (God is all-powerful.)
- God is omnipresent. (God is in all places.)
- God is omniscient. (God is all-knowing.)
God knows all things. He knows the mysteries of the universe. He knows the fabric of the cosmos. He knows things we don’t even know to think about.
God also knows you.
Psalm 139 says things like,
- “You have searched me, Lord, and you know me.” (v1)
- “…you are familiar with all my ways.” (v3)
- “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful…” (v14)
- “…all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” (v16)
Beginning March 9 and going through the six weeks of Lent, we will slowly walk line-by-line through the incredible Psalm 139 as we reflect on this great promise that God knows us. The great preacher Charles Spurgeon once wrote that the promise of God knowing us found in Psalm 139 will save us from what he called “practical atheism.” That is when we believe in God intellectually but don’t actually live in relationship with him. “God knows us” is one of the great promises of the Bible. He knows our needs, our hearts, our worries, our victories, our joys, our doubts, our secrets, and every other part of us. We, therefore, have nothing to hold back because God knows us.
This study in Lent will lead us right to Easter as we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus and his gift of salvation offered to us. I hope you’ll join us and invite a friend.
Pastor Spencer Smith