“How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them! How great is the sum of them! 18. If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand when I awake I am still with thee.”
The verses printed above tell us that God has “precious” thoughts about us. I wondered what it means that our sovereign and eternal God would have precious thoughts about us? What I considered is written below. The first thing of I thought of is that God’s thoughts are kind thoughts. What I mean by this is that God thinks of our need for Him. He knows that we are sure to slip off of the skids, so to speak, occasionally and will certainly need his kindness and His grace. I do not mean that God thinks kind thoughts about us because He overlooks our sins. I mean that by His kindness and grace He loves us in spite of them, and enough to do something about our sinful condition. God is not looking down on us, just waiting for us to sin in order to punish us; rather, He acts in mercy and grace because of our sinful condition. It is sad that so many people go about their lives doing as they please, unaware of the kind and precious thoughts that our loving God has about and for them. In His kindness He is willing and ready to forgive us for our sins. Rejoice that God’s thoughts about you are kind and full of grace. The next thing that I thought of was that God’s thoughts about us are useful thoughts. What I mean by this is God is thinking about the way that He wants to use us in our lives. I think that even most church members would not know how God could use them. I think of four fishermen who were about their daily task of being fishermen when Jesus came by and told them to follow Him and become “fishers of men.” No one would suspect that the Messiah would use those unlearned and common men to become the genesis of His church. But, with eight other unlikely men, they started the church that goes on in many forms and shapes today. God had useful thoughts about these men, and other mostly unlikely women and men, to start Christ’s church. It always occurs to me that if God could those men and women, He can certainly use me. Be aware of this, God has useful thoughts about you, and you need to get in touch with He wants to use you for His kingdom’s work. If you have, rejoice in the knowledge of God’s precious, useful thought about and for you. Finally, the text tells us that God’s thoughts about us are numerous: “Oh God! How great is the sum of them. 18. If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand…” What we are to remember based on these words is we are constantly on God’s mind. In His eternal sovereignty, our God has you on His mind. He has kind, useful thoughts, and many more than you and I can name. Think on this and rejoice in it. Bro. Joe
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