Posted by: Bill Hornbeck | May 14, 2011

“You have enclosed me behind and before, … Such knowledge is too wonderful”

Today’s devotion comes from Acts 16:6-8.
 
“6  They passed through the Phrygian and Galatian region, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia; 
                                  
 7and after they came to Mysia, they were trying to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them; 
                            
 8and passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.”  Acts 16:6-8.
                                          

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At first thought, we may feel “hedged-in” and bristle against such restraint.  Why can’t we speak?  Why can’t we go there?

But later, we understand and appreciate God’s sovereignty and intimate care of us. 

“1  O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
    2  You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
         You understand my thought from afar.
    3  You scrutinize my path and my lying down,
         And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.
    4  Even before there is a word on my tongue,
         Behold, O LORD, You know it all.
    5  You have enclosed me behind and before,
         And laid Your hand upon me.
    6  Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
         It is too high, I cannot attain to it.
    7  Where can I go from Your Spirit?
         Or where can I flee from Your presence?
    8  If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
         If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.
    9  If I take the wings of the dawn,
         If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,
    10  Even there Your hand will lead me,
         And Your right hand will lay hold of me.”  Psalm 139:1-10.

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