“I can never get away from my God!” – Psalm 139

O Lord, You have examined my heart and know everything about me. You know when I sit or stand. When far away You know my every thought. You chart the path ahead of me, and tell me where to stop and rest. Every moment, You know where I am. You know what I am going to say before I even say it. You both precede and follow me, and place Your hand of blessing on my head. This is too glorious, too wonderful to believe! I can never be lost to Your Spirit! I can never get away from my God! (Psalm 139:1-7 – The Living Bible)

Sometimes we don’t let people get to know us completely because we are afraid they will discover something about us they won’t like. But God already knows everything about us and still accepts and loves us.

God cares about us so much that He numbers the hairs on our heads (Matthew 10:30). He is with us through every situation, in every trial — protecting, loving, guiding. He knows us completely.

God is omnipresent — He is present everywhere. Because this is so, you can never be lost to His Spirit. This is good news to those who know and love God because no matter what we do or where we go, we can never be far from God’s comforting presence.

How precious it is, Lord, to realize that You are thinking about me constantly! I can’t even count how many times a day Your thoughts turn towards me. And when I waken in the morning, You are still thinking of me! (Psalm 139:17-18 – The Living Bible)

When someone you love is thinking about you all the time, it comforts you. God is concerned to keep us from failing and to catch us if we fall. If He thinks about us this much, shouldn’t we find time to think about Him each day?

Search me, O God, and know my heart; test my thoughts. Point out anything You find in me that makes You sad, and lead me along the path of everlasting life. (Psalm 139:23-24 – The Living Bible)

David asked God to search for sin and point it out, even to the level of testing his thoughts. This is exploratory surgery for sin. How are we to recognize sin unless God points it out? Then when God shows us, we can repent and be forgiven.

Make this verse your prayer. If you ask the Lord to search your thoughts and to reveal sin in your life, you will be on “the path of everlasting life.”

(from The Life Application Bible – Living Bible edition)