The Nobody Syndrome (Part 2)

The Nobody Syndrome (Part 2)

Psalm 139:1-6 “O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.  Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.”

There are eight different Hebrew words in the opening six verses of Psalm 139 that line up to tell you that God knows your story intimately.

Each of these words convey a different layer of God's knowledge of you. Combined, they picture God like a detective, tracking even your most ordinary activities, studying you even when you think you're all alone. He dissects your inner world into parts, discerning what makes you tick and why you do what you do. He has such a grasp of you on a programming level that He knows precisely what you will say or do next, as if it had already been uttered or performed.

So God knows:

-Your heart, fears, thoughts, motives, dreams, and frustrations.

-Your past, present and your future. He understands you more than you understand yourself.

-All that’s going on around you, with you, and inside you.

God just gets you. He has you anointed you more than you even imagine. You think your motive for doing ministry is your profession, when God knows you're obeying His calling in your life without regard of personal sacrifice. He knows exactly where you are, even if your peers and officials don’t recognize the hard work you do for the Kingdom. 

When David says that God has laid His hand upon him, he's referring to the Old Testament practice of bestowing a blessing on someone. A wise father would place his hands on his children and speak words into their lives about their present, what their place in the family meant, and what their future will be. This was one of the most important acts that happened in Hebrew families.

In the same way, your Heavenly Father who knows you intimately bestows blessing on you, borne out of love, that marks your place in His family and what your future is all about. In His family, nobodies are non-existent. So should it be within a church denomination or organization. Every contribution, even as small as a widow's mite, is important to our Father God.