“You see the depths of my heart…”
Have you ever had one of those days when you feel like it would have been better for the
world if you had just stayed in bed? I had one of those yesterday. I was tired and salty, and said things I probably shouldn’t have said, and thought things that I probably shouldn’t have thought, and at the end of the day, was pretty discouraged at how I hadn’t followed Jesus very well. This morning, I was wrestling through a lot of what had happened yesterday, and was reminded of the lyrics of a song that we sometimes sing at Club JV and U-turn called “Indescribable” by Chris Tomlin. The verse that really hit me was: “You see the depths of my heart…and you love me the same….you are amazing God!”
Think about that line for a second. Imagine someone had a video camera that was focused on you 24/7, and imagine that this camera was able to see into your head and your heart, and record all of your thoughts and motives as well as all of your actions. Every single one. Even the things you did or thought when no one else was around. Would you want anyone to see the tape? I sure wouldn’t…I’d probably do whatever I could to destroy it!
What’s interesting is that the Bible tells us that God can see into our lives the same way that imaginary video camera can…He knows everything we do, even the things we do when we think no one else is looking. He knows all of our thoughts, even those we would never want anyone else to know. And here’s the shocking thing…for those of us who have trusted in Jesus for salvation, He loves us the same. “You see the depths of my heart and you love me the same.”
Really? How can God look at all the nastiness that is within you and me and still love us? Because of Jesus. God the Father punished Jesus on the cross for all of our nastiness, for every bitter thought we have ever had, for every unkind message we have ever sent someone, for every wrong thing we have ever done. Jesus took the punishment we deserved so that we could experience the joys of a right relationship with God…
Crazy, isn’t it? “You see the depths of my heart and you love me the same…You are amazing God!”
October 25th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Dan, that was soo cool!!! I think that was apowerful statement. I would hate a camera on me 24/7… i am soo going to print that out and put it in my bible…
haha, u words will travel with me…