Hows your Knowing?

Does your soul know well?

Wonderful are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.”
(Ps 139:14b,ASV)
Psalm 139 is a psalm of David, the shepherd boy who killed the giant, Goliath. David was later chosen to be king of Israel. And just like any of us, his journey was not without ups and downs. In fact, this psalm shows the complete exercise of David’s heart that is aligned to God’s ways. We can learn much from him.

David knew his God – God who is omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient. He is the God who created him and perfected all His purposed blessings for his life. As David considered his God, he declared, “Wonderful are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.” (Ps 139:14b, ASV). God’s Word version says, “Your works are miraculous, and my soul is fully aware of this.” David knew. He was no doubter. His faith was founded on God’s character.

David then continues in verse16, “…Even before I was born, You had written in your book everything I would do” (CEV). The ESV says of the same verse, “in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.” Our God who created every single one of us knows us and He has a plan and purpose for every single day of our lives. We may have made bad choices. We may have strayed from His intended purposes. Yet there is hope. Like David who repented after his sin with Bathsheba, we need to repent and return to God whenever He sends His Holy Spirit to convict us. As we build our faith on God’s character, we too can know our God as David did.

We need to honestly ask, “How’s my knowing God?” For our faith to stand the onslaught of our times, our knowing must be built on the whole character of our God – the One who is omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient. Our faith cannot be based on the one miracle that God has given us. Neither can it be based on what our parents believe (i.e we are Christians because we are born into Christian families) or borrowed faith of our spouses or children. We must know God for ourselves. We must be so sure of whom we have believed. When we are rightly related to God, we’ll be able to echo, “Wonderful are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.”