The Lord Takes Thought For Me!

“You have multiplied, O Lord my God,
    your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;
    none can compare with you!
I will proclaim and tell of them,
    yet they are more than can be told…

But may all who seek you
    rejoice and be glad in you;
may those who love your salvation
    say continually, ‘Great is the Lord!’
As for me, I am poor and needy,
    but the Lord takes thought for me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
    do not delay, O my God!” Psalm 40:5,16-17

“O Lord, you have searched me and known me!
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
    you discern my thoughts from afar.
You search out my path and my lying down
    and are acquainted with all my ways.
Even before a word is on my tongue,
    O Lord, you know it altogether.
You hem me in, behind and before,
    and lay your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
    it is high; I cannot attain it...

How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
    How vast is the sum of them!
If I would count them, they are more than the sand.” Psalm 139:1-6,17-18

“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son… 

“If God is for us, who can be against us?.. Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died.., was raised… is at the right hand of God… interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?.. 

“No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 7:28-29,31,33-35,37-39

Multiplied deeds and thoughts toward all who love their salvation! Divinely-numbered individuals are intricately known, loved, and personally cared for. In all the vast world, each one is God’s treasure, the apple of His eye. His capacity is limitless, His love boundless! Multiple thoughts toward His people hold numberless thoughts about all that concerns them, every one achieving good. His thoughts are active, intricate, personal, capacious. Each works constantly defending, promoting, interceding, conforming, supporting, protecting. (Deuteronomy 32:10; Isaiah 43:4)

This incomparable One who takes thought for millions does so for me! In what areas am I especially poor and needy? He comes as help. What impulses need untangling and purifying? He knows my errant inclinations, my poisoned tongue, and delivers. Where am I insecure, afraid, uncertain? He hems me in all around, and assures me of His steadfast love. He constantly upholds me in perfect prayer against every strange power, defending me as my advocate and counselor, ordering all things for my ultimate good.

What worries invade my thoughts? What shame weighs heavy on my soul? Would I bow before God’s grace-filled thoughts toward me, and rejoice?

Lord, may I count all Your thoughts and works precious, and be glad to declare Your infinite glories.