7 Where shall I go from your Spirit?
Or where shall I flee from your presence?
8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
9 If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light about me be night,”
12 even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is bright as the day,
for darkness is as light with you
Psalm 139 my favorite Psalm. Early in my Christian walk, I was struggling with some self-image issues (image that, for those who know me). My friend Christa Hunt told me to go home and read this Psalm. It has been my favorite Psalm ever since. If memory serves me correct and I think I feel asleep in my car in my parent's cul-de-sac while reading it. It has 24 verses and almost off of them have all spoken to me in some way over the years. My heart and soul has felt and/or needed these words on more than one occasion. Case in point. I read it tonight and next to v.2b (HCSB): "You understand my thoughts from far away" I wrote, "at least somebody does" in the margin of my Bible.
As I read this passage in light of our DVD session for Week 5 I want to add something to what Dr. Guthrie said. I do this quite a bit with the Psalm and it so good at putting things in perspective: I pray the Psalm and replace the Psalmists pronouns me, I, my, etc. with my name. Example: "Lord, you have searched Wes and known Wes. You know when Wes sits down and when Wes stands up". This is a great tool for to use in prayer, in worship, and for meditating on Scripture.
One last thing that I just noticed tonight. It's not really related, but I find it interesting. Notice the 1st verse ("Lord you have searched me and known me"), and the last verse ("Search me O God and see if there is any wicked way in me"). "God you have searched me and I want you to keep searching....."
I'm out.
