His knowledge, My comfort

His knowledge, My comfort on 18 November 2007

Key passage : Psalm 139 : 1-18

It speaks of Attributes and Characteristics of God, written by King David.

1. God is Omniscient (All knowing God).

Psalm 139:1-6 (New International Version)
Psalm 139
For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
1 O LORD, you have searched me
and you know me.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
4 Before a word is on my tongue
you know it completely, O LORD.
5 You hem me in—behind and before;
you have laid your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.

1a) God knows you intimately. Read Psalm 139: 1

1b) God knows your Daily Activities and your thoughts. Read Psalm 139:2

1c) God knows your plans. Read Psalm 139:2
Thoughts precede action.

1d) God knows what you want to say. Read Psalm 139:4

1e) God knows your needs. Read Psalm 139:5


2. God is omnipresent. Psalm 139:7

Psalm 139:7 (New International Version)
7 Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?

2a) God is present everywhere. Read Psalm 139:7

2b) You cannot hide from God. Psalm 139:8-9

Psalm 139:8-9 (New International Version)
8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, [a] you are there.
9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,

Footnotes:
a. Psalm 139:8 Hebrew Sheol

3. God is Omnipotent (All powerful). Psalm 139: 13-18

Psalm 139:13-18 (New International Version)
13 For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
16 your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.


17 How precious to [a] me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand.
When I awake,
I am still with you.

Footnotes:
a. Psalm 139:17 Or concerning

3a) God is the Author of your life. Read Psalm 139:13

3b) God is your designer. Read Psalm 139: 14-15

3c) God orders all the days of your life. Read Psalm 139: 16

3d) God thinks about you all the time. Read Psalm 139:17-18