“You know when I sit and when I rise.” –Psalm 139:2
You may not care when Uncle Luther sits or rises, but God does.
Of course, if one believes in an all-knowing God, one would have to conclude He is aware of all we do. But don’t brush over the power of this verse. Don’t look at it just as Scriptural evidence of God’s omniscience. Look at the minutia. God knows when I sit and when I rise.
That He knows this may be obvious, but the fact that He cares is amazing. How many people do you care that much about? When you’re at work, do you care if your spouse is sitting or standing? I love my wife more than I could ever describe in this blog, but I’ve never sat at work and thought, “I wonder if she’s sitting down right now.”
Social networking allows us to keep track of such small details, but even though someone on Twitter may inform me they are sitting down (in 140 characters or less, of course,) I’m not going to care. I might think “Thanks for sharing. That’s nice.” Then I would go on about my day and forget. It’s such a minor detail.
And yet, God is aware of when we sit and when we stand. The God who is described as all-knowing, all-powerful and ever-present, actually bothers with such minor details of my life.
I don’t know what to do with that kind of love. I’m certainly not capable of loving that way.
It’s easy to think that God is with us during our great triumphs and that He is available to rescue us in our deep despair, but it isn’t easy to see God in the small stuff. Does God really know when I cut my toenails? Is He with me when I’m driving to work? When I walk to the mailbox every day, is He watching me then?
He is so great and my life is so dull. Why would He take such an interest in my sitting and rising, my coming and going? Why does God make my business His business?
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