#WordForTodayDevotional
Friday FEBRUARY 3, 2023
YAHWEH KNEW YOU
“Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.”
Jeremiah 1:5 [KJV]
This is absolutely mind-blowing. You are not a biological accident the circumstances surrounding your birth notwithstanding. You are not a mistake that just happened. No matter what your parents or any other person have said, you are very much in the plan and agenda of your heavenly Father. The Hebrew translated ‘know’ in our opening verse means to have an intimate knowledge as deep as intercourse. It is knowing the hidden naked side and details of a person. That is to say that before you ever existed, YAHWEH knew you personally, intimately and holistically. That is the definition of love – intimacy that is a result of knowledge. Psalms 139 captured this knowledge of love in a most scintillating way. We shall take a few of them. Psalms 139:2-4 addressing Yahweh says, “2. You know when I sit down and when I get up. You know my thoughts from far away. 3. You know where I go and where I lie down. You know everything I do. 4. LORD, you know what I want to say, even before the words leave my mouth.” (ERV). We’re talking about the fact that Yahweh knew you intimately and that before you ever arrive in time. It is a knowing that springs from intimacy and love. He loves you out of knowledge. There’s nothing about you that is a surprise to Him.
