Psalm 139

Reading for September 17, 2012          Psalm 139

God loves you with an everlasting love!

God accepts you unconditionally, just as you are!

God embraces you with tenderness beyond your comprehension!

If you believed God’s love for you; if you accepted God’s acceptance of you; if you reached out to “lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of (you)” (Philippians 3:12 KJV); how different might your life be?

Our God is multifaceted in His splendor. Most often, God’s attributes are identified as omniscience (infinite knowledge), omnipotence (unlimited power), and omnipresence (present everywhere). He is also omni benevolence (perfect goodness). Psalm 139 extols all these virtues of God, our Savior. Psalm 139 inspires us to sing,

Oh, the glory of Your presence

We, Your temple, give You reverence

So arise to Your rest

And be blessed by our praise

As we glory in Your embrace

As Your presence now fill this place

O The Glory of His Presence

Karen Clark-Sheard

The daily devotional, Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence by Sarah Young is an outstanding resource to help you live each day in the glory of His embrace.

When we truly believe, accept and embrace the truth of God’s love for us, we will join the psalmist in an invitation to God, our Father,

Search me, O God, and know my heart;

    test me and know my anxious thoughts.

Point out anything in me that offends you,

    and lead me along the path of everlasting life.

Psalm 139:23-24

Sē’lah

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What word or phrase in today’s reading of the Psalms

 attracts your attention?

Reflect on that word or phrase.

What insights come to you?

How does this passage touch your life today?

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

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Reading for September 18, 2012          Psalm 140