Isaiah 45-46, Galatians 4: 21-31, Galatians 5: 1-6, Psalm 139: 1-10
Psalm 139: 1-4 (ESV)
“O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I
sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out
my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a
word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.”
I like verses 1 through 4 from Psalm 139 because they tell
us how familiar God is with us. He knows everything about us. He knows what we
are thinking, what we will do, and what we will say before we say it. Yet even
as God knows all of these things, he gives us free will to do whatever we want
in in our life. God loves us so unconditionally that we can be free to disobey
him, displease him, and go our own way. But like a good father, God will never
abandon us. He will always await our return from our selfish ways and wanderings
and welcome us back with open arms.
I think of my own journey with God. I was born into a religious
home, and my parents did their best to instill a love of God within me. My
mother would be glad to know that she was at least successful in giving me a love
of God. But like any child, I had to find my own towards God. I was pointed in
the right direction by my parents, but I still had to as an adult create my own
relationship with God. And it’s been a roundabout journey with God sometimes being
very prominent and sometimes being very absent in my life. But I know I can say
honestly, God was always there in the background. I never quite left him or as
I like to think of it, God never let me go no matter how much I tried to get
away from him. And gosh darn it, did I every try! But now Holy Spirit is trying
to once again deepen my relationship with God, and I am grateful that God never
gave up on me. I am the prodigal child who has returned, and my father-God is
celebrating my homecoming.
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