To Be Known...

TO BE KNOWN…I walked into a starbucks a few weeks ago that I don’t usually go to. Behind the counter was a guy who used to work at the starbucks near the church. He looked up at me and without any hesitation said, ‘let me guess, a triple tall wet breve cappuccino’. I was shocked. I didn’t know he knew me that well. We laughed and I applauded him on his memory. It felt good to be known.
“Search me O God and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.” ~Psalm 139:23
We all have a basic need to be known by God! Most people have a theoretical understanding that God know everything about everyone. But we need something more personal than that. We need God to look at us and say, ‘let me guess, (and then read our mail perfectly including the nuances of our personality and the precise concerns of our present situation). So how do we know God is paying close personal attention to us? Believe it or not, it’s the discomfort of being searched and tested that reveals God’s attentiveness. In this verse David actually asked to be searched and tested…so He would be known. When we invite God to put His finger on our inward faults and press against our anxious thoughts, something comes alive in us. It’s the message beneath the testing that is so enriching. To have God look into our hearts and speak about what He sees, is a very esteeming thing. To be known by God…is to be deeply cared for…is to be valued beyond measure. ~verlon