David Jeremiah Daily Devotional (January 24, 2025) God Sees and Knows.
Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them. Psalm 139:16
Recommended Reading: Psalm 146:7-9 - Who executes justice for the oppressed,Who gives food to the hungry.The Lord gives freedom to the prisoners. 8 The Lord opens the eyes of the blind; The Lord raises those who are bowed down; The Lord loves the righteous. 9 The Lord watches over the strangers; He relieves the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked He turns upside down.
Psalm 139 speaks to two of God’s most important attributes: His omniscience and His omnipresence. Omniscience means God is all-knowing; omnipresence means God is present everywhere at the same time. The comfort for me in those attributes is that God always knows my thoughts and always knows where I am. He sees me and knows what I am thinking and feeling—all the time.
But that is not true just for faithful people like David, the author of Psalm 139. Psalm 146 provides a list of those to whose needs the Lord attends: the oppressed, the hungry, the prisoners, the blind, those who are weighed down by circumstances, the righteous, the strangers, the fatherless, and the widows. Do any of those categories include you? If not, into what category would you put yourself? The psalmist’s list is not comprehensive but representative of humanity—especially those whom the world may have overlooked. But God doesn’t overlook anyone!
Wherever you are right now and whatever you are thinking, thank God that He sees and knows. You can put your hope in Him.
To know that God knows everything about me and yet loves me is indeed my ultimate consolation. R. C. Sproul
