Somebody Knows…

You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You understand my thought from afar. You scrutinize my path and my lying down, And are intimately acquainted with all my ways. Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, O LORD, You know it all. PSALM 139:2-4 NASB

Are you old enough to remember the ol’ song… “Noooobody knoooows the trouble I’ve seen…” Not exactly a pick-me-upper is it? Worse than being a depressingly, feel-sorry-for-me tune, it’s a lie from the enemy of our soul.

The Bible tells us that the Lord God knows exactly how we feel. In fact, the original Hebrew word used for understand includes the word feel. So we could read the above verse this way, “You feel my thoughts.” Digest that for a moment, beloved. He feels your thoughts. I need a Kleenex just thinking about that truth.

The enemy wants us to sink in the emotional pit of despair and isolation as he whispers the vicious lie, “No one cares about you, no one understands or knows how you feel. You are all alone in this.” Que the violin. He has us right where he wants us. But wait just a minute. Before we nod our heads in agreement and give in to despair – What does God’s Word say? Though we walk through valleys, He promises to walk with us. Though we walk through fires, He promises they will not destroy us. And whatever our pain, He feels it with us.

I wish I could promise that He removes all our difficulties or keeps adversity from ever grazing our life, but we both know that’s not true. What I can promise is this – whatever your circumstance, whatever your pain, you are not alone. Someone does know how you feel. Someone is feeling the pain right along with you. And that Someone is the Lord Jesus Christ.

Beloved, He knows your path. (Job 23:10) He knows your unspoken pain. He is with you every step of the way.

If you’ll let Me, I’ll use your trials to make you into someone I can use in the lives of others to show them that no matter where they’ve been, no matter how deep the hole, no matter how painful the trial, there’s hope.

– Kay Arthur

Father, You know exactly how I feel, even when I can’t articulate my thoughts, You feel them with me. Teach me to rest in the Truth of Your Word,  more than my feelings. Thank you, precious Lord! In Jesus’ name, Amen

Written by Becky White for the Lord Jesus