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I was just talking with God this morning, and something struck me. He is totally aware of how I am feeling, what I am saying, what my worries and fears are, where I am at rest… everything. He is completely aware of me.
But it doesn’t stop there… He is aware of you. He knows what you are doing right now, he knows how you are feeling, you even knows what you are thinking.
But it doesn’t stop there… at the same time he knows you and me, he is completely aware of EVERYONE else!!! Not only those here on earth, but those who are with him in paradise. (Luke 23:43)
The Bible tells us a bunch just how much God knows us. It says in Psalm 139 that he "knit us together in our mother’s womb" (which is fairly intimate knowledge… and goes back pretty far in our lives…) and also in verse 4 it says, "before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, oh Lord." And in Isaiah 49:1 it says, "Before I was born the LORD called me; from my birth he has made mention of my name." And elsewhere it talks about God knowing our hearts… not just looking at the outside.
How can he know ALL of that about ALL of us?? What an amazing God.
Then, after I thought all of that in one very cool instant… I read my daily Bible reading, and topped that off with a couple Max Lucado chapters. He is a great writer. Very simple, but just great stuff. And you know what it was about today?
Go ahead, take a guess.
Really.
Got it? What’s your guess?
RIGHT! About how Jesus knows us. He referred quite often to Heb 2 where it talks about Jesus being like us in everyway. He experienced EVERYTHING you or I have ever or will ever experience… so, when we need help… or when we "don’t"… He’s been there.
That is a great thing to know. Often I try and think of someone I can talk to about something I am going through in life. Many times it will be my parents. Others it’s a close friend. Often it is Jen. But, many times, I just can’t find anyone who is going through EXACTLY what I am going through.
But he has. He is aware. He’s been there, done that.
How incredible is our God. That he could be all things to all people. Even me!