Friendship in Psalm 139

God really is an amazing friend. Thru a series of circumstances, I was let to read Psalm 139 this morning as part of my devotions. It was as if God wrote a new chapter just to meet my needs this morning.

1 O Lord, you have searched me and known me!
2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from afar.
3 You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
4 Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
5 You hem me in, behind and before,
and lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is high; I cannot attain it.

I have been experiencing some pretty significant trials recently. There has not been one devastating trail, but a number of sizeable ones, from inside my nuclear family, to my extended family to work to friends. Most of them are a walk of faith – I am unable to do anything directly about them so I must pray and wait. Often, that waiting is a lonely feeling. I wait on God for him to act. Doubt may set in -

7 Where shall I go from your Spirit?
Or where shall I flee from your presence?
8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
9 If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me.

I have thrown my lot in with Jesus Christ. I have committed my life, my time, my finances, my future and my family to Him. If he does not come thru, there is no plan “B”. I understand Peter when asked if he too was going to leave the Savior, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life,” [John 6:68]
And then he comes thru with this encouragement in His word, a reminder that he fights great joy in his glory – and my finding great joy in him brings him glory.

11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light about me be night,”
12 even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is bright as the day,for darkness is as light with you.
13 For you formed my inward parts;
you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;my soul knows it very well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you,when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them.

I am right where I should be. I am resting in the cup of his hand. His word is a lamp for my path and a cool drink to my lips. My shepherd meets me every morning and refreshes me. He guides me thought the day.

17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!How vast is the sum of them!
18 If I would count them, they are more than the sand.I awake, and I am still with you.

Lord, let me hang on your every word. Let me run to our place of meeting. Let me delight in my beloved.



This is why I am such a strong proponent of daily devotions. Faith is not to be purchased. A Friendship is not immediate. A great wall is not built over night, but, brick-by-brick, the wall is built up until it becomes tall and strong.

But I do not have devotions for what I can get. I have my date with God because He is worth it.

What a blessing it would be if you posted a comment on how God has spoken to you or sustained you thru a difficult time.