June 30, 2023: Psalm 139:4 - God Knows What I Will Say Before I Even Utter a Word

“For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, O LORD, You know it altogether.” - Psalm 139:4

When we are children, we must learn to speak words. We start with uttering sounds which bring delight to our parents as they watch us grow. Have you ever seen a baby that isn’t speaking a single word but is making all kinds of sounds and having a wonderful time because he has discovered his voice? He doesn’t care where the is or what time it is, he is simply amazed at this new thing he is now able to do. As a baby grows older, they begin to sound words as they are coaxed by their parents to say such words as “Mama” and “Dada.” I remember when our son first said “Dada,” we were so happy, although I must admit I wanted him to say “Mama” first! It wasn’t long before our children learn to say the word “no!” as they begin to show defiance against what we want them do. Watching our children grow is truly a blessing from God.

Just as a parent can sometimes sense what a child is going to say before they even say it, perhaps by reading the non-verbal cues, so does our heavenly Father know what we are going to say before we even say it. God, the One who created us, who designed us, who formed us in our mother’s womb, not only knows what we will say before we even utter a word but He also knows if the intent of our heart matches what we said. How many of us have had a child lie to us to our faces, where the words they spoke do not match the guilt shown in their face? Just as a child can’t hide it from their parents, neither can we hide anything from God; He is all knowing, He is all present, and He is all powerful. The Bible tells us that there is nothing that can be hidden from Him:

“And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.” (Hebrews 4:13)

Just as God knows the thoughts and intents of our hearts, so does His word. In this same passage of Scripture in the book of Hebrews, itstates:

“For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” (Hebrews 4:12)

The Bible is the word of God, written by men chosen by God as they were inspired by the Holy Spirit of God. I have heard it said by David Paul Kikrpatrick, “We don’t read the Bible, the Bible reads us.” I absolutely agree with this statement. When we read the Bible, do we receive it with a repentant heart, realizing we are all sinners in need of a Savior, His only begotten Son Jesus Christ, the only One who can save us from our sins and decide to turn to Him and be saved, or do we reject His word as myths and fables, or possibly consider it a book only meant to control and limit our abilities so that we won’t be like Him, choosing instead to believe the lies of the devil that have been in existence since he deceived Eve in the garden, causing her and Adam to fall from God’s grace?

How many of us have uttered words that we wished we could take back after seeing the hurt they caused someone? How many of us have been on the receiving end of those words, perhaps not just once but having a long history of hearing such words from someone who claims to love us, with each word hitting our hearts like a dagger being thrust into it repeatedly? How many of us have in anger taken God’s name in vain, have used His beautiful Son’s name as a curse word? How many of us have been pierced by our conscience not to say certain things but in defiance did so anyways, with the consequences lasting much longer than it took for them to roll off our tongues in anger? How many of us have done these things and not even regretted what we did? God knew what we were going to say before we even said it, and yet, He is willing to forgive us of all we have ever done, to forgive every hurtful word spoken, if only we would do one thing: believe in His Son Jesus Christ. Why? Because of His deep love for us, a love beyond compare:

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” (John 3:16-17)

God is willing to wipe clean every single sin we have and ever will commit if only we believe in His Son:

“He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.” (Colossians 1:13-14)

God will remember no more the hurtful words we spoke. He will remember no more the sinful thoughts in our heart that were there even before we put them into words. But if we continue in our sin, in our pride, in our hard-heartedness, in our rejection of His priceless gift of salvation from sins offered to us by the precious blood that was shed for us by His sinless Son Jesus Christ, He will leave us in our present sinful state, honoring our choice, our free will.

What does the Bible say about our present state?

“He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.” (John 3:18-19)

Look at our world today: is it growing lighter or is it growing darker? It is clearly seen that the darkness is increasing, with deeds that were once hidden in the shadows are now out in the open on full display for all to see, even by very young children. We are living in perilous times before the end of the age, before the second coming of Christ, as the Bible prophesied thousands of years ago, and it’s not just happening in the unbelieving world but even in professing churches, where false pastors and false teachers are preaching and teaching a false doctrine, deceiving many who willfully are ignorant because they don’t want the truth of God but wanted their ears to be tickled by smooth-sounding words. I urge you will all my being that if you are not saved by believing in Jesus Christ as your Savior, that you consider for a moment, what would happen if you were to die today, perhaps in the next hour, and where will you spend your eternity? I pray you take to heart Jesus’ words:

“Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” (John 14:6)

Further, I pray you utter words with your tongue something similar that the apostle Peter, whose former name was Simon Bar-Jonah, said when Jesus asked His apostles, “But who do you say that I am?”:

“Simon Peter answered and said, ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.’ Jesus answered and said to him, ‘Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.’” (Matthew 16:16-17)

What do your thoughts say about your heart? What do your words reveal about your heart and about you? Do you have a heart for God, or is your heart all about you, all about self? Turn to Jesus today, give Him your heart, before it’s too late. ❤️ ✝️