Distance Devotions – April 3, 2020
Psalm 139: 5-7 – God Is Always There
Ps 139:5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. 7 ¶ Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
When we begin to try to grasp the person of our God, we become in some measure a theologian. Theology is the science of the study of God. Everything we need to know is contained in the Bible, the Word of God. With our limited understanding and with the hindrance of our sinful nature, we spend a lifetime knowing and worshiping Him and never finishing the task. Upon our arrival in glory, we will still not have final, total knowledge of our God. Throughout all eternity He will be revealing Himself to us. Psalm 40 speaks of the thoughts of God as well as Psalm 139:17, How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! Just what would occupy the mind of God to this degree?
No doubt I could spend the rest of my waking hours attempting to answer that question. Let’s consider just one possibility that is suggested in the text. We know that the church, the New Testament Gentile Bride of Christ, was in the mind of God from eternity past. Ephesians 1:4, “According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world….” Let that sink in for a moment. In the past, before the act of creation, the Triune God had His mind set on us. Hallelujah, what a Savior!
Since we were in the thoughts of God in eternity past and time means nothing to God, that means we are still in His thoughts this very minute. Do not fear nor despair, dear Christian. He who was thinking of you while you slept last night, was thinking of you before Creation, and when that dark day of Calvary transpired, you, we, the Bride, were on His mind! We cannot be consumed by something this world or the devil does. It is impossible. Why? Because our God has set His mind and love upon us.
Pastor F. J. Weems III