O Lord, You have examined my heart and know everything about me,
You know when I sit down or stand up.
You know my thoughts even when I’m far away.
You see me when I travel and when I rest at home.
You know everything I do.
Psalms 139:1-3
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These three verses focus on one of the many aspects of God that I truly love and adore—He knows me. Coming from a place in my life where I felt misunderstood, weird, different, and alone into a relationship with my Lord Who knows everything about me has been amazing. Some people have things about themselves that they want to hide or hope others never find out…and they behave the same with God. I’ve never been that way. God knows everything about me, whether I tell Him or not. And He knows everything about me whether I want Him to know or not.
“To be known”…to some this is a great fear but to me it is a great freedom. Nothing I do, say, or think as well as nothing I have thought, said, or done, can change the fact that God loves me.
- He loves me just the way I am.
- He doesn’t separate the good from the bad.
- He doesn’t only love me when I behave.
- He doesn’t only love part of me.
- He loves all of me.
God can love all of me because He made me. He knows me. And when I give Him my life and work with Him, He can take the bad things in me and transform them to good things. Being bad does not hinder God’s ability to love me one bit. It is impossible. He loves me because He chooses to and I have nothing to do with that. NOTHING!
How awesome—that we serve a God who knows our everything and still calls us to be in a relationship with Him! You don’t have to be perfect. You don’t have to ‘get your life together’. You don’t have to stop a certain behavior or learn a new trick in order for God to love you. He just loves you. In a world where a lot of things are conditional, God’s unconditional love can be unfathomable to some.
What does God gain from loving us? Think about it…
What could the Creator of the world possibly gain
from loving you and I in our imperfection?
I say—ask Him.
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Lord, thank You for loving me unconditionally. Thank You for seeing me for who I am here and now. Thank You for caring enough about me to take the time to help me grow into a better me. Help me to see that I have to do nothing to earn this love. Amen.
