Identity week 1--God knows your heart

English Standard Version Psalm 139

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.

YOUR IDENTITY DOES NOT COME FROM YOUR WHAT YOU HAVE OR WHAT YOU DO…IT COMES FROM GOD

What would you ask if you had a magic machine that could answer any question about your life?

Some possible examples:

How many chicken nuggets have I eaten in my life?

How many gallons of Mountain Dew have I consumed?

How many pounds of fingernails have I clipped?

How many times have I said the word “the”?

One of my favorite things about God is, He actually knows the answers to all these questions.

He knows how many freckles you have.

He knows how many seconds you've spent watching Netflix.

He knows what you had for dinner four years ago.

He knows the second you were born and knows the second you will die.

He knows every text and Snapchat you’ve ever sent, and He screenshots everything (not in a weird way, but he sees and knows everything).

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,

English Standard Version Psalm 139

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.

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.

Tonight, I want to go over some incredible things about God that directly impact YOU TONIGHT!

He knows how many freckles you have.He knows how many seconds you've spent watching Netflix.He knows what you had for dinner four years ago.He knows the second you were born and knows the second you will die.He knows every text and Snapchat you’ve ever sent, and He screenshots everything (not in a weird way, but he sees and knows everything).

Before we figure out who we are, we need to understand and believe who God is!

God is Omniscient and omnipresent

OMNISCIENT

God knows all things

God knows all things

God knows everything about you

Is this scary?

What would God say about your last 10 text messages

Internet history

spotify account

snapchat account

Conversations with your friends

Thought life

Ominpresent

God is everywhere

Is this comforting or off putting?

GOD KNOWS WHAT I DO, WHEN I DO IT AND HE SEES ME WHERE I DO IT (V.2-3)

How does it make you feel that God is “acquainted with all your ways?” (v.3)

God searches us and knows us

What does this mean?

God is actively involved in your life

God knows your struggles

God knows your pain

Your fears

Your sorrows

your heartaches

Your INSECURITIES

Everything

Although God knows us, it does not mean we will be free from all that.

TRUE SUCCESS OVER THESE THINGS COME FROM US KNOWING GOD

He knows what’s on our tongue before we say it (v.4) (Out of the heart the mouth speaketh)

He knows our hearts

How do you feel about God knowing your heart?

Does it scare you?

He knows our path (v.3)

He knows our tendencies

What tendencies do you have

Proclivity to sin?

What is your path?

God protects us

English Standard Version Psalm 139

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.

Are you trusting in God to protect you? To keep you safe?

Hem me in? What does that even mean?

This is insinuating we can’t go anywhere apart from Him…it’s the idea of laying seige to a city and totally surrounding it.

Aren’t there times when you want to run from God

Think about those times in the Bible

Jonah

Akan

Abraham (running to egypt)

The disciples

You get the idea

It always ends in heartache

IF we stay with God, we are protected and secure

What does you lay your hand upon me mean?

Perhaps this is an allusion of a doctor talking the pulse of a person or the temperature.

God not only sees us, he knows us.

every part of us

v.6 HIs knowledge is too wonderful for me i cannot attain it

The psalmist seems to rejoice about God knowing everything about him

Do we feel the same way?

I KNOW I DON’T

He rejoices at the expansiveness of God’s knowledge (He knows about everyone)

He rejoices at the inclunsiveness (Although he knows about everyone, he takes special interest in each person)

He rejoices at the greatness of God’s knowledge (Too high we can’t reach it…why would we want to reach it?)

Conclusion

Where are you at tonight?

Have you realized God is always with you?

Are you running from Him?

God knows you, and He wants to be a part of your life.

He created you and He wants your heart