Psalm 139:1-6 English Standard Version

1 O Lord, you have searched me and known me! 2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. 3 You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. 4 Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. 5 You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.

The Lord does this for each and every one of us. We are just individuals in a sea of souls. The one thing that makes us feel special in any relationship is intimacy. It is obvious that the Lord knows us intimately but that is only one side of intimacy. It takes two to be in an intimate relationship.

The Lord has done His part. If we do not feel special in this relationship, then that means we do not feel like we have done our part to establish intimacy. Knowing our Lord as thoroughly as He knows us appears to be beyond our capabilities to achieve. Verse 6 admits we cannot attain that kind of intimacy.

If we look to the issue of being betrothed to our Lord we will discover our humanity is part of this relationship. Father God has chosen humans to be His Son’s bride. Our ability to form intimate relationships is based on trust. We share our deepest parts of ourselves when we trust our partners. Christ, having been human, knows how that feels and will only reveal His deeper parts when He sees that we trust Him.

Psalm 37:3-5 English Standard Version

3 Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.[a]

4 Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

5 Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act.

Footnote [a] Or and feed on faithfulness, or and find safe pasture

As we have shown in past posts, Christ is our faithfulness and He abides in us. The footnote indicates communion which is sharing, and our safe pasture abides in us, in the hidden parts.

Since that is true, what is keeping us from being intimate with Christ?

Hebrews 11:1-2 English Standard Version

By Faith

1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 2 For by it the people of old received their commendation.

The faith chapter of Hebrews is interesting if we look at how faith worked in the lives of others and the results of acting by faith. Let us not confuse the commendation of man with the commendation of Father God.

Faith is a spiritual concept that plays a significant role in our lives. There is a faith that is not spiritual in nature. A geyser in Yellowstone National Park is called Old Faithful because it spews hot water high in the air on a predictable cycle. That is not faith, that is dependable.

Hope also has two sides. By faith hope is seen as the promises of God that have not yet come to pass. On the other side is a hope for what we want that has nothing to do with faith.

Conviction by faith comes from the spirit. Convictions in the world come from well known sources, magistrates, prosecutors, judges and juries.

Because there are two sides to everything, we must ask ourselves if what we do is to seek the commendation of man or Father God?

There was only one Moses, only one Elijah, only one Noah but there are millions of Christians.

Ephesians 4:4-6 English Standard Version

4 There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

That does not make us special in the world, only special in the eyes of Father God because of faith.