Dear OBC Family,
This Sunday we will continue in our summer in the Psalms, and we will turn to David’s meditation on the omnipresence and omniscience of God in Psalm 139.
As David beheld God, he confessed that “Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.” It is right that as we behold God, we are awed by His greatness and sense our smallness. While we are unable to fully comprehend our wonderfully infinite God, it is our joy to behold Him in Scripture.
I invite you to read Psalm 139 in advance of Sunday, and pray that the Lord would give us grace to know Him more. I look forward to gathering together with you to worship our great God!
Blessings in Christ,
Pastor Ben
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Discussion & Response Questions: Psalm 139
Notice how David characterizes his pursuit of knowing God (v. 6). How should we respond to this?
How does this Psalm describe the knowledge and presence of God?
As we meditate on the absolute knowledge and immensity of God in Psalm 139, how should we understand language like God “searching” or having hands and eyes? How ought we to we understand language of being near to or far from God?
Does David want to escape from God’s presence? Why or why not?
As we look at how God has formed life in the womb, so also he has formed our days. How ought we to respond to this?
After this meditation on God (vv. 1-18), how should one understand David’s response (vv. 19-24)? How should we be zealous for God?
When is God’s presence and knowledge a threat, and when is it a comfort? What makes the difference?
After the fall of mankind in Genesis 3, how is it possible one to enjoy God’s all-encompassing knowledge and presence?
What does it look like to apply the doctrines of God’s omniscience and omnipresence? What does it look like to live life Coram Deo, that is, before the face of God?
