Verses 11-16: [11] If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. [12] Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. [13] For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. [14] I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. [15] My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. [16] Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
In verses 11 and 12, David continues his poetic way of saying "God is everywhere". The point of these verses is in effect that we could be in the darkest place one could imagine, be it a physically dark place or spiritually and/or emotionally a place that is so horrible to us that it is "pure darkness". Even in such places, be they real or in our mind, God is still there and He still desires to guide our lives even through the dark places that we are in at any moment. Never fail to remember that God is there through the good and bad times and it is His desire to guide us through such places. We are never alone!
Verses 13 and 14 remind us that life begins at conception. David acknowledges that even before he was born, God was aware of his existence and God was guiding him even when he was in his mother's womb.
Although we can not remember being in our mother's womb or even of God guiding us at that point in our lives, David's point here is that even if we are not conscious of God guiding every step of our lives, He is there and He is aware of all things, including the time before we were physically born.
With this conscience acceptance that God is everywhere, we should desire to please Him with our lives, knowing there is nowhere we can run to escape Him.
In the second half of verse 16, David acknowledges that all the days ordained for him were written in God's book before one of them came to be. If God knows all things, and He was aware of us even before we were born, it would also make sense that He would know how long I have to live. To put it another way, "I don't know what tomorrow holds but I do know Who holds tomorrow".
Someone may ask at this point, if we accept the fact that God knows everything about our lives, why make any effort in the first place? The answer comes back to "judgment day". God may know all things, but we don't. Therefore, we should live to make a difference for Him, because whether we like it or not, God will judge us based on how we live.
Never fail to remember, God is aware of all things about our lives and He has forgiven us of all sins. Let's make every effort to please Him with every aspect of our being.
In verses 11 and 12, David continues his poetic way of saying "God is everywhere". The point of these verses is in effect that we could be in the darkest place one could imagine, be it a physically dark place or spiritually and/or emotionally a place that is so horrible to us that it is "pure darkness". Even in such places, be they real or in our mind, God is still there and He still desires to guide our lives even through the dark places that we are in at any moment. Never fail to remember that God is there through the good and bad times and it is His desire to guide us through such places. We are never alone!
Verses 13 and 14 remind us that life begins at conception. David acknowledges that even before he was born, God was aware of his existence and God was guiding him even when he was in his mother's womb.
Although we can not remember being in our mother's womb or even of God guiding us at that point in our lives, David's point here is that even if we are not conscious of God guiding every step of our lives, He is there and He is aware of all things, including the time before we were physically born.
With this conscience acceptance that God is everywhere, we should desire to please Him with our lives, knowing there is nowhere we can run to escape Him.
In the second half of verse 16, David acknowledges that all the days ordained for him were written in God's book before one of them came to be. If God knows all things, and He was aware of us even before we were born, it would also make sense that He would know how long I have to live. To put it another way, "I don't know what tomorrow holds but I do know Who holds tomorrow".
Someone may ask at this point, if we accept the fact that God knows everything about our lives, why make any effort in the first place? The answer comes back to "judgment day". God may know all things, but we don't. Therefore, we should live to make a difference for Him, because whether we like it or not, God will judge us based on how we live.
Never fail to remember, God is aware of all things about our lives and He has forgiven us of all sins. Let's make every effort to please Him with every aspect of our being.