Psalm 139

Friends,

This Psalm really lifts me up, and I learn more about God through meditating on it. It speaks of the 3 divine attributes of God.

(i) In verse 3-4, God knows us through and through.. there is nothing that He does not know about us. He knows me "when I sit and when I rise" and He is "familiar with all my ways". Wow! God is a personal God! How and why does God knows so much about me? In verse 13-14, it tells me that "I am fearfully and wonderfully made". That is why God knows me thoroughly; He is the one who created and formed me (verses 14-15).

(ii) Verses 7-10 tells me that His presence surrounds me wherever I am and I cannot hide from Him ("where can I go from your Spirit? where an I flee from Your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths you are there"). Our God is a God who is omnipresence (ever-present) and we cannot hide from Him who created and formed us.

We see here that God is not only omniscient but He is also omnipresent. Another attribute of God is that He is a God who is omnipotent (all-powerful). David knew of this attribute of God when he said in verse 19 "if only you would slay the wicked O God!"

I pray that this short sharing on His 3 attributes is a blessing to you.