Psalm 139:17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
“How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God!” He is not alarmed at the fact that God knows all about him; on the contrary, he is comforted, and even feels himself to be enriched, as with a casket of precious jewels. That God should think upon him is the believer’s treasure and pleasure. He cries, “How costly, how valued are thy thoughts, how dear to me is thy perpetual attention!” He thinks upon God’s thoughts with delight; the more of them the better he is pleased. It is a joy worth worlds that the Lord should think upon us who are so poor and needy it is a joy which fills our whole nature to think upon God; returning love for love, thought for thought, after our poor fashion. “How great is the sum of them!” When we remember that God thought upon us from old eternity, continues to think upon us every moment, and will think of us when time shall be no more, we may well exclaim, “How great is the sum!” Thoughts such as are natural to the Creator, the Preserver, the Redeemer, the Father, the Friend, are evermore flowing from the heart of the Lord. Thoughts of our pardon, renewal, upholding, supplying, educating, perfecting, and a thousand more kinds perpetually well up in the mind of the Most High. It should fill us with adoring wonder and reverent surprise that the infinite mind of God should turn so many thoughts towards us who are so insignificant and so unworthy! What a contrast is all this to the notion of those who deny the existence of a personal, conscious God! Imagine a world without a thinking, personal God! Conceive of a grim providence of machinery!—a fatherhood of law! Such philosophy is hard and cold. As well might a man pillow his head upon a razor edge as seek rest in such a fancy. But a God always thinking of us makes a happy world, a rich life, a heavenly hereafter.[1]
How does the nonbeliever know this sort of thing: the thoughts rolling around in the mind of God? But David had enough insight about them to write this verse in the Psalms. Is it possible that once in a while, a believer is blessed with thoughts that are intimately tuned in to the thoughts of God. I am a believer and I know it can happen, because I have experienced it.
[1] THE TREASURY OF DAVID - Volume 5: Psalms 121-150 Copyright : Electronic Edition STEP Files Copyright © 2008, QuickVerse. All rights reserved. COPYRIGHT THE TREASURY OF DAVID VOLUME 5 – Psalms 121-150 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews Electronic Edition STEP Files Copyright © 2008, QuickVerse. All rights reserved. PSALMS 121-150 By Charles Spurgeon AGES SOFTWARE RIO, WI USA
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