Are money, celebrity and things as important to God as a person’s heart? Let’s begin in Psalm 139.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. (WEB)
Does God know everything about us, even what we are thinking?
Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me. You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether. You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me. This knowledge is beyond me. It’s lofty. I can’t attain it. (Ps 139:1-6 WEB)
Where can we go to escape God who is everywhere, ubiquitous?
Where could I go to get away from your spirit? Where could I go to escape your presence? If I went up to heaven, you would be there. If I went down to the grave, you would be there too! If I could fly on the wings of dawn, stopping to rest only on the far side of the ocean—even there your hand would guide me; even there your strong hand would hold me tight! If I said, “The darkness will definitely hide me; the light will become night around me,” even then the darkness isn’t too dark for you! Nighttime would shine bright as day, because darkness is the same as light to you! (Ps 139:7-12 CEB)
During our mother’s pregnancy, who is the one who designed a single cell to become a complete baby?
You are the one who put me together inside my mother's body, and I praise you because of the wonderful way you created me. Everything you do is marvelous! Of this I have no doubt. (Ps 139:13-14 CEV)
Who designed the intricate self-replicating DNA in that first cell, to become a variety of cells that formed a complete human body?
My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. (Ps 139:15-16 ESV)
How can any human being possibly comprehend the thoughts of such a designer as God?
God, how difficult Your thoughts are for me to comprehend; how vast their sum is! If I counted them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; when I wake up, I am still with You. (Ps 139:17-18 HCSB)
Does God have a plan to bring justice to the wicked who hate Him and rebel?
God, if only you would execute the wicked, so that the men guilty of bloodshed would get away from me, who speak against you with evil motives, your enemies who are acting in vain. I hate those who hate you, Lord, do I not? I loathe those who rebel against you, do I not? With consummate hatred I hate them; I consider them my enemies. (Ps 139:19-22 ISV)
Do we desire that God would search our hearts and cleanse us and lead us in the way everlasting?
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. (Ps 139:23-24 KJV)
What did Jesus have to say about those who have such a pure heart?
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. (Mat 5:8 LSB)
Are money, celebrity and things as important to God as a person’s heart? You decide!
