![]() 5 You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me. 4 Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely. 3 You discern my going out and my lying down you are familiar with all my ways. 2 You know when I sit and when I rise you perceive my thoughts from afar. You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. Let’s pray and then read the first six verses of this beautiful psalm. If you aren’t a Christian, this is the intimate relationship God invites you into but it can only begin by trusting in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. This psalm speaks to all believers, but in a very personal and individual way. To that end I will be sharing what it says to “you” rather than “us” but know that I am including myself in the “you”. This is a very personal prayer from David to God, and it’s important that we hear it speak to us personally, more than corporately. Psalm 139 speaks deeply to who God is and who we are, reminding us of the intimate and personal nature of God’s involvement in, and the great value He places on, our lives. The gospel speaks deeply to our identity and our worth. The final goal of the gospel is God restoring His image in us by conforming us into the image of Jesus (Rom. From “once we were not a people” to the people of God. ![]() The gospel of Jesus transforms our identity from children of Satan to children of God. Sin has marred but not destroyed God’s image which is why human life is sacred. Our lives are valuable because we were created in the image of God. ![]() The Bible also roots our identity and our worth in God. Last week I said that our lives are a story and faith roots our story in God. Written by David, Psalm 139 is a prayer from beginning to end but it’s a prayer that is filled with beautiful truth and insights about who God is and who we are. To close out our time in the Psalms I chose one of the most intimate and personal psalms of all, Psalm 139. Next week we will be starting a series on the Holy Spirit. Summer wraps up this weekend and so does our Summer in the Psalms series.
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