2 Samuel 4-5; Psalm 139; Matthew 16

"Thou hast beset me behind and before, and you've laid your hand upon me." Psalm 139:5
David writes of God's incredible care and faithfulness. He starts by acknowledging the fact that God knows everything, "Oh Lord You've searched me and known me."(Psalm 139:1) The word searched means to have been examined, to search out, seek out, to be found out. When was the last time you gave permission to God to find you out? I mean, really search your heart, examine your motives and test your attitudes? This is the type of relationship David had with the Lord. The word known here means, to know a person, to have that person make themself known to you, to be perceptive with insight about that person. David is saying, Lord, you really, really know me, and you have wisdom to help me understand myself and to keep me walking upright or righteously. But verse 5 speaks something that is just incredible to me, "and you've laid your hand upon me." That just amazes me! God has the very hollow of HIS HAND on me, the very palm of His hand, resting on me, and in the Hebrew context it means 'stationed on me'. Just picture that, every day, every waking moment, every sleeping moment, every breath, and beyond, God has stationed the palm of His hand on our lives! In Matthew 10:27-29 Jesus says, "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand." Follower of Christ, we are so blessed to have such love and care in our Savior. Meditate on this entire chapter, Psalm 139, and like a child, climb up in to Your Father's lap and allow Him to nurture your soul with His love.
Glad to be in His hands,
Carol Danna



Next Reading: 2 Samuel 6; 1Chronicles 13; Psalm 68; Matthew 17