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EVERYþHING
3 You compass my path and my lying
down, and are acquainted with all my
ways.
4 |or there is not a word on my tongue,
but, lo, O LOR¢, you know it altogether.
5 You have beset me behind and before,
and laid your hand upon me.
Psalm 139
He is not just a far off creator that started
the world and left it. He remains
intimately connected to His creations.
He is perfectly involved in everything we
do, think, feel, believe.
EVERYþHING
5 You have beset me behind and before,
and laid your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for
me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
7 Whither shall I go from your spirit? or
whither shall I flee from your presence?
Psalm 139
þhe picture ¢avid sings to us about is so
clearly the experience of his life. God is
so closely tied to His creation that it
goes beyond human capacity to
comprehend it yet it is able to be
discerned by the revelation of God. He
is always with us.
If I ascend up into heaven, you are
there: if I make my bed in hell, behold,
you are there.
9 If I take the wings of the morning, and
dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10 Even there shall your hand lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me.
Psalm 139
11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall
cover me; even the night shall be light
about me.
12 Yea, the darkness does not hide not
from you; but the night shines as the
day: the darkness and the light are both
alike to you.
Psalm 139
¢avid will not let us think for a moment
that God is even slightly distant. He is
totally connected to His creation.
þhough ¢avid did not know about
atoms if he did he would have sung that
God is connected to us even on a
subatomic level.
Several centuries later Paul as
well reaffirms that Jesus is the
very force that keeps everything
in life from coming apart.
|or by Him all things were
created, both in the visible and
invisible, whether thrones of
dominions or rulers or
authorities - all things have
been created by Him and for
Him.
Colossians 1:16
þhe ³him´ that Paul speaks of is
God¶s only son Jesus who He
sent to give his life for us to
bring us back to a full
relationship with God.
mnd He is before all
things and in Him
all things hold
together.
Colossians 1:17
Jesus is involved in even
the sub atomic particles
in our being.
We cannot possibly get a
message from the §ible of a
Creator that is uninvolved.
þhe §ible tells us that our
Creator continues to create
in our lives.
Now ¢avid moves us from
the larger experience of
God¶s intimate connection
to us to the specifics of
our creation.
13 |or you formed my inward parts; You
wove me in my mother¶s womb.
Psalm 139
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our creator us we also understand
that He created us, as He did
everything else He created,
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|or by Him all things were created, both
in the heavens and on earth, visible and
invisible, whether thrones or dominions
or rulers or authorities--all things have
been created through Him
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Colossians 1:16
þhis is even more
specifically stated in the
great anthem of praise
that resounded on the day
John the beloved who
wrote the book of
Revelation received his
prophetic vision.
þhe four and twenty elders fall
down before him that sat on the
throne, and worship him that
liveth for ever and ever, and
cast their crowns before the
throne, saying,
Revelation 4:10 (ÕJS)
þhou art worthy, O Lord, to
receive glory and honour and
power: for thou hast created all
things, and
á
they are and were created.
Revelation 4:11 (ÕJS)
þhe NmS§ translates the words
³for thy pleasure´,