I AM FAMILIAR WITH YOUR WAYS

I
am familiar with all your ways.
Psalm 139:3
(NKJV) 3 You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are
acquainted with all my ways.

The
Hebrew word for familiar, “biyn”, means to be acquainted with or to intimately
understand. Father God is familiar with all our ways, which means He is fully
acquainted with us and He intimately understands all that we are and all that
we do.
This
thought of intimacy causes many of us to be very uncomfortable with God, for we
are not even comfortable with ourselves. Our minds can't even comprehend this
kind of depth of His intimacy and acceptance. He is familiar with all our ways,
and yet He still desires to be our Father. This kind of love surpasses anything
that we have ever experienced or anything that we could ever possibly hope for
or imagine. However, it is a two way street.
Just
as much as Father knows us, He wants us to begin to know Him, to become
familiar (biyn) with all His ways. Father desires intimacy with His children.
He sees us for who we really are, yet He loves us. He wants us to see Him for
who He really is, and to allow Him to father us perfectly. Jesus and the Father
shared in this type of intimacy. In John 17:10, Jesus prayed these words to His
Father, All I have is yours and all you have is mine. Theirs was an interaction
of hearts that was completely given to each other without reserve.
When
we receive Jesus Christ, we enter into the same relationship that Jesus has
with His Father because we are now in Christ. Jesus died so that all we might
share in this incredible relationship with His Father. Will we begin to yield
all that we are over to the One who wants to give us all that He has? I think
we are getting the better end of the bargain! To become intimate, requires
vulnerability. God understands our fear so that is why He risked first. He made
the first move when He gave up everything He had to win our hearts. He emptied
the bank when He sacrificed His only Son so that we might know Him.
Why
not respond to this ultimate gesture of love by beginning to risk a deeper
relationship with your Father? Intimacy with God begins with us lowering our
defences simply to allow God to into-me-see.
PRAYER
Father I thank You for being familiar with all my ways. I believe that You
intimately understand everything about me, yet You still love me
unconditionally. Today I want to begin to lower my own defences and lay down my
pre-conceived ideas of who you are. I want to know You Father. I want to begin
to see into Your heart and to become familiar with all Your ways. In the name
of your beloved Son, Jesus, I pray. Amen.