Regain The Wonder
September 2, 2018 Elwyn N. Johnston
Psalm 139
VERSE OF THE WEEK: "I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made" 14
1. God knows everything about you and still desires to bless you.
"O Lord, You have searched me and know everything about me." 1
"You understand my thought" 2
"understand" - to discern.
"Even before there is a word on my tongue...You know it all." 4
"Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is too high, I cannot attain to it." 6
"You have laid Your hand upon me." 5
2. God loves you so much that He desires to be with you.
"I can never escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from your presence!" 7
"I will never [under any circumstances] desert you [nor give you up nor leave you without support, nor will I in any degree leave you helpless], nor will I forsake or let you down or relax My hold on you [assuredly not]!" Hebrews 13:5
"Do not fear, for I am with you; do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand." Isaiah 41:10
"My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest." 15 Then Moses said to God, "If Your presence does not go with us, do not lead us up here."
Exodus 33:14 & 15
3. God purposefully created you and has big plans for you.
"I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made" 14
"fearfully" – stupendously
"skillfully wrought" 15
"You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed." Psalms 139:16
we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them" Ephesians 2:10
"Your workmanship is marvelous" 14
"You have enclosed me behind and before" 5
4. God will judge us, but today He gives us an escape.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
"try" - to test metal
"thoughts" – anxious thoughts
"search" – to examine carefully, to explore 1, 23