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O LORD, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away. You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, O LORD, you know it completely. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is so high that I cannot attain it.
Where can I go from your spirit? Or where can I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there. If I take the wings of the morning and settle at the farthest limits of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me fast. If I say, "Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light around me become night," even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day, for darkness is as light to you.
-Psalm 139:1-12 (NRSV)
| Today's Scripture Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O Lord. -Psalm 139:4 (NIV) |
"DID you read my memo?" "It's all there in my e-mail." "I left a message on your voice mail." "I sent a text." Modern technology provides numerous ways for us to communicate with each other. Unfortunately, each of these methods also represents an opportunity for our messages and requests to get lost or to be ignored. For example, each time I send an important e-mail, I'm a bit nervous until I know that it's reached the intended recipient. Delivery isn't always a certainty.
Fortunately, we don't have the same worry about our prayers reaching God. God has already assured us that they do. Our petitions and our thoughts are known to God even before we can whisper them or pray aloud. There's no need for us to request a "message-received" reply. The way God acts on our requests may not be what we had in mind, but God knows them; the Bible assures us of that.
Communication here on earth may break down, but communication with God never fails. We can take comfort in the certainty that God receives our messages - each and every one of them.
Richard L. Mabry (Texas, USA)
| Thought for the Day Our words to God never go astray. |
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