My
thoughts toward you are countless
as the sand on the seashore.
Psalm
139:17-18
How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast
is the sum of them,
Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains
of sand.
When I am awake, I am still with you.
(NIV Bible)
Have
you ever tried to count the grains of sand on the seashore?
For those of us who have tried it is absolutely impossible!
There are so many in just a scoop of your hand that it
becomes incomprehensible to think that we could even begin
to count them.
In
this scripture verse, the psalmist tells us that God's
thoughts toward us even outnumber the grains of sand on
the seashore! What imagery. The Father, who created you
and who numbered all your days, is thinking about you
all the time. He never stops thinking about you...And
they are not thoughts of condemnation and judgement, but
thoughts of absolute love and adoration. How precious
are His thoughts toward us.
In
our limited understanding, this is just too good to be
true...but it is true.
God is thinking about you right now!
PRAYER
Father, it amazes me that your thoughts toward me outnumber
the grains of sand on the seashore. And your thoughts
towards me are loving thoughts! I pray that I might be
able to receive this truth into my heart, so that I might
be able to simply respond with loving thoughts back to
you. In the name of Your beloved Son Jesus I pray, AMEN.