A brief prayer is offered that you can add to your daily
prayers this week. The scripture is from our Sunday Service Bulletin for
today. We are continuing a summer sermon
series on Psalms.
OT READING: Psalm 139:1-6;
23-24 (English Standard Version)
Lord, you
have searched me and known me! 2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from
afar. 3 You search
out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. 4 Even
before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you
know it altogether. 5 You hem
me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.
23 Search
me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! 24 And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!
Devotion: He is
always There for Us
In our sermon today we talked about the comfort of God
knowing all about us and being there for us. A comment was made with respect to
verse 4 about God knowing before a word gets on our tongue. Rhetorically, is
there a way we could use this fact to figure a way to stop saying things we
should not. This would be a very helpful thing especially for the political
class that we are seeing more and more of now that they want our votes. Not a day goes by that someone who is being media
interviewed lets go of an inappropriate remark that causes a never ending
chatter cycle. I am sure that folks running for elective office would like a
way to hold back these kinds of comments. I can think of a few things I have said
in my life that should not have been said, maybe you do too. We cannot change
the past -- but we can ask for help. At the end of our text today, the Psalmist
[likely David] concludes with a prayer that God would search him to make sure
he was not like his enemies. This is a great model for us. Knowing that God
knows us intimately and is ready to help us can bring great peace into the
lives of believers.
We pray: Lord you
know me well, thank you for being there for me. Amen
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