You Know Me

This song shakes me. I've been listening to it on repeat for about 5 days, and I can't get past it. There's something about music... It tells a story but doesn't require a conclusion. It can be played again and again and still stir something inside of us. It invites us to join in on the story and make it our own. This song has become my story this week.

"Nothing is hidden from your sight. Wherever I go, you find me. You know every detail of my life. You are God and you don't miss a thing."

I think we've all experienced dry seasons of our lives. In those seasons, it's easy to feel unimportant. Maybe there has been distance in your relationship with your dad, or maybe you're taking 18 hours of school and working and you feel lonely because you're so busy. Or maybe the person you love the most walked out of your life without warning....

"You know when I rise, and when I fall. You know when I come or go. You see it all. You hung the stars, and you move the sea... and still You know me."

These words ignite my soul. It's as if Jesus is speaking them right to me. Those feelings of sorrow and seasons of drought are lies from hell. He remains the same and he says that he never leaves us nor forsakes us. Everything is laid bare before his eyes. He is so immense that he created the mountains and the sea, and so particular that he put the right number of muscles in the head of a caterpillar.

And still he knows you. He doesn't miss a thing.

Maybe you just walked across the stage at your graduation, or you just got home from a foreign country and you have one week before you leave again, and you're tired and you need to be refueled. Or maybe you just walked down the aisle to the love of your life and your mom wasn't there because she's in heaven with Jesus... Even when you feel like you're missing the most important person or people in your life, still God is there and he doesn't miss a single thing.

We have to choose to take God at his word. He says that he directs our steps. He hasn't forgotten you. He knows your pain. He knows that you feel lonely. He knows that you're scarred from that dysfunctional relationship. He knows that you feel unworthy. But He cares so much about you that He knows when you rise and when you fall. He pays attention to the details. He planned your steps long ago to do the things that he cut out for you to do, to go the places that he wants you to go... to reach the people he wants you to reach. You can't run from him. Wherever you go, he will find you because he desires you.... even in your ugliest state. He won't leave you that way. He took all those feelings of despair and hung on the cross so that you could walk in freedom. He is the greatest pursuer the world has ever known. He won't stop until he has your heart.

You are so very important.