S) "8 You have taken account of my wanderings;
Put my tears in Your bottle.
Are they not in Your book?"
Psalm 56:8 (NASB)
O) This verse gives an excellent illustration of the intimacy God has with us. David knew the LORD was quite aware of his life, even to knowing his tears and recording them. This was David's strength; understanding God relationally, that God is a personal, caring God, is what separated David from so many of the other kings of Israel.
A) As a parent, you get to knowing the cries of your children. There is a distinct tone when my child is crying from injury as opposed to, say, throwing a fit. Sometimes, however, it's harder to tell. Then, it's pretty difficult to help my kids, when they cannot express themselves properly. I recently had a problem understanding what, exactly, was the cause of tears in my youngest child. She kept saying her feet were hurting her (in Disneyland). We thought for a while they were cramping. Turns out, they were falling asleep as she rode on my shoulders. Just today, I heard about a study showing how our tears are chemically different, based on why we cry. Apparently, tears of sadness, joy, pain, etc., all look different under a microscope, even though they come from the same eyes. We are wonderfully made people, and God understands us perfectly. God knows the difference between all of my tears. Even when I cannot quite express how I'm feeling, God knows. He knows me better than I know myself. He can gather my tears, classify them, and make an account of them.
P) Father, thank You for knowing me so perfectly. Don't let me ever get in the way of You ministering to me perfectly, directly. You are too wonderful for me to fully understand, and too wonderful to not fully understand me. Remind me, when my world is swirling, that You understand. You know what I am facing, and the things through which I am going. Thank You. In Jesus's name I pray. Amen.
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