Always Reaching

'Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, 

too lofty for me to attain.'

~Psalm 139:6~

What knowledge comes to your mind at the sound of this verse? Chances are it gives an indication of what you value- in terms of what you know. Here though, David is speaking of knowledge that remains too cumbersome for his brain to envelope. He lived a long life (into his 70s) and he was a king at that. Scrolls upon scrolls of literature, army reports, land surveys, and personal letters would have been available to him. Plus, he would've done a lot of traveling, seen many of the known world's kingdoms and provinces. Still, he speaks of a knowledge that he doesn't hope to fully understanding in his lifetime.

This is where context strides in to clear some of the clouds. Psalm 139 is David marveling over the ways in which God knows him. From his 'going out and lying down' (verse 3) to having 'knit me together in my mother's womb' (verse 13). David acknowledges how he CAN'T encompass all the ways in which God knows him. And more importantly, loves him.

We are complex beings, sometimes frustrated by our own intricacies and emotions. How many have uttered that popular angst of 'No one understands me?'. God, however, is never frustrated. He is ecstatic that you are alive and living- with your strengths and your weaknesses. We were each a thought to Him when He first gave light to the world and He waited anxiously for the day- or the eye blink in His case- when each of us were going to be born. 

This post could stretch on into eternity, but it would still never account for the measure of God's love for us. His love is demonstrated by how well, how deep He KNOWS us. The strengths, the weaknesses, the righteousness... and the sin. 

He knows and He loves.

'O Lord, you have searched me, and you know me...

My frame was not hidden from you 

when I was made in the secret place.

When I was woven together in the depths of the earth 

your eyes saw my unformed body...'

~Psalm 139:1, 15-16a~