Psalm 139:1-18
"You know when I sit and when I rise, you perceive my thoughts from afar. Psalm 139:2.
No matter how precarious our circumstances become, He already knows who and where we are. David wrote, "You have searched me, Lord, and you know me.... You are familiar with all my ways ". Our needs are never hidden from God, and we are never separated from His care.
Now, we can say with confidence, "If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast ".
The Lord knows who we are, and what we need. We are always in His care.
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