You Are Not Alone

For those who don’t believe in God or who don’t believe that He is intimately involved with every individual, life must be a lonely proposition. We all feel lonesome and blue sometimes, but a devoted Christian, deep in his heart, no matter how he feels, knows that God is always with him. All we need to do is turn our minds and hearts toward Him, and there He is right in front of us. No matter what is going on in our lives or in the world, this is a ray of hope that can never fail us.

David knew the presence of God in every situation, whether being pursued by Saul or singing and dancing for joy in praise of God. He was rewarded with victory in battle, but chastised when he stole Uriah’s wife Bathsheba. We can hide nothing from God, so why should we try? 

From beginning to end, (Thy eyes beheld my unformed substance; in thy book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me) God is with us each second of our lives. Let us turn our souls to Him and praise His Holy Name.

Psalm 139

O Lord, thou hast searched me and known me! Thou knowest when I sit down and when I rise up; thou discernest my thoughts from afar. Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. Thou dost beset me behind and before, and layest thy hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain it.

Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend to heaven, thou art there! If I make my bed in Sheol, thou art there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there thy hand shall lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, “Let only darkness cover me, and the light about me be night,” even the darkness is not dark to thee, the night is bright as the day; for darkness is as light with thee.

For thou didst form my inward parts, thou didst knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise thee, for thou art fearful and wonderful. Wonderful are thy works! Thou knowest me right well; my frame was not hidden from thee, when I was being made in secret, intricately wrought in the depths of the earth. Thy eyes beheld my unformed substance; in thy book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. How precious to me are thy thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! If I would count them, they are more than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee.

O that thou wouldst slay the wicked, O God, and that men of blood would depart from me, men who maliciously defy thee, who lift themselves up against thee for evil! Do I not hate them that hate thee, O Lord? And do I not loathe them that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them my enemies. Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!