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God’s Perfect Knowledge of Man

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

1 O Lord, ^aYou have searched me and known me.

2 ^aYou know my sitting down and my rising up;
You ^bunderstand my thought afar off.

3 ^aYou¹ comprehend my path and my lying down,
And are acquainted with all my ways.

4 For there is not a word on my tongue,
But behold, O Lord, ^aYou know it altogether.

5 You have¹ hedged me behind and before,
And laid Your hand upon me.

6 ^aSuch knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is high, I cannot attain it.

7 ^aWhere can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?

8 ^aIf I ascend into heaven, You are there;
^bIf I make my bed in¹ hell, behold, You are there.

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I do want to turn to Psalm 139 because I want us to see that His Spirit reaches out to every aspect, every nook and cranny, every corner of His creation.

We cannot understand. We cannot comprehend. It is beyond our ability to understand how a Being could be at the center of His creation. And we know a little bit about the awesome size of His creation. We are able to even see the earth. There are billions of people on earth. How does God keep track of all that? It is too great. It is too high. But He does it, we know, by His Spirit.

From this, we ought to be able to derive great confidence that God is always with us because His mind permeates the entirety of His creation. He is actively using His powers, His Spirit, to govern in managing His creation. He is omnipotent. He is omnipresent.

Excerpted from The Right Use of Power by John W. Ritenbaugh

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