Saturday 2 Dec 2017

December 2: Psalm 139:1-6

Key Verse: Psalm 139:2
You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.

Devotion:
So many times in our lives we would like to think that people know us enough to be able to do the right things for us. When it starts getting close to Christmas we like to think people will know what we want for presents! We just assume so many things about people knowing us... Yet when it comes down to our bad points, we don't want anyone to even hear about them!

We can thank God He is all-powerful and all-knowing. We can thank Him that even though He does know all about our bad points, He continues to love us totally! He alone is the one who does know us inside out. He alone knows our thoughts. He alone knows our deeds. He alone knows what each of us has on the inside – the parts which we try to hide from others, the parts we try to pretend do not exist! But through all of this, He continues to be faithful in His absolute love towards us!

We don't have to pretend with God. We don't have to make ourselves look good. We can be ourselves and He will accept us the way we are. We know our bad points and should not ignore them ourselves. For when we do ignore them, we are telling God that we know the law and yet do not care for it. We know when we do wrong. We know when we think wrong. And so does He.

We need to make sure we do lift up our lives to Him. We need to lift up our sinful lives and beg for His forgiveness. It is not God who is tripping us up with all the things we do wrong. We are the ones making the choices to do those things and to ignore His faithful and just laws. We need to straighten up our act so we don't have to pretend to be who we are not in front of Him! We need to be honest to ourselves and to Him because He has been totally honest with us!

Points to Ponder:
What things do you hide from others?

What do you think upsets God the most with your life?