“For your Maker is your husband—the LORD Almighty is his name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth.”
Isaiah 54:5
My earthly husband is no longer with me. When he was alive, he knew me well. He always understood when I felt hurt or wounded and needed a little sympathy. When something wonderful happened (like when our beloved Detroit Tigers won), we celebrated like kids. In my husband’s absence, I am comforted to remember that the Lord Almighty is my “husband,” and He knows me thoroughly. A plaque hanging in my living room says, “Jesus knows me, this I love.”
God knows our joys and sorrows. He knows the deep aches of our hearts, especially when our loved ones die. He even lists our tears on His scroll (Psalm 56:8). To think that God knows us so well that He records our tears!
In Psalm 139 He explains the depth and breadth of His knowledge of us: He knit each of us together in our mother’s womb (v. 13); before a word is on our tongue, He knows it (v. 4); all our days are written in His book before one of them comes to be (v. 16). If He knows the number of hairs on our heads (Matthew 10:30), He also knows our hearts as well.
God knows our joys and sorrows. He knows the deep aches of our hearts, especially when our loved ones die. He even lists our tears on His scroll (Psalm 56:8). To think that God knows us so well that He records our tears!
In Psalm 139 He explains the depth and breadth of His knowledge of us: He knit each of us together in our mother’s womb (v. 13); before a word is on our tongue, He knows it (v. 4); all our days are written in His book before one of them comes to be (v. 16). If He knows the number of hairs on our heads (Matthew 10:30), He also knows our hearts as well.
Scripture Focus
Psalm 139
Insight
The Lord knows us more completely than anyone else ever could. Share your joys and sorrows with Him, the God of all the earth.
Bible In A Year
- Genesis 47-48
- Psalm 24
- Mark 4
