If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: When I awake, I am still with thee.
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… How great is the sum of them. If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand. And when I awake, I am still with you. We read that verse last week, and this is where we kick off from here. God's thoughts toward you, according to his word, is a precious thing, an encouraging thing. Romans chapter 8, verse 31, and you want to seize upon this for your life. You want to memorize this. What then shall we say to these things? Paul made this great list of the great things of life and adversity and challenges and blessings and difficulties and good moments of life. What then shall we say to these things? The word if there is in the English Bible, but in some of your margins of your notes, you'll see the Greek word. It's translated since. I like since. Watch this. Since God is for us. That's the reality. Since God is for us, who can be against us? everybody listen up God has called you and he's instructing you so that you might enjoy his good hand to be a blessing to others but in a world that is hostile toward you and I in the midst of all of these things if God is for us since God is for us who can be against us and the first time I ever read that I'll never forget it I read that as a young believer and this is how I read it what then shall we say to these things? …
… It's wonderful. Psalm 139, verse 17 and 18 says, Psalm 139, verse 17 and 18 announces, How precious also are your thoughts to me, O God, how great is the sum of them? If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand. Wow. When I awake, I'm still with you. I love how he's saying this. Watch this. When I wake up, I'm still with you. He's not talking about, as I was sleeping, I made sure that I stayed with you, God. No, no, no. He's saying, as I was sleeping, I'm so thankful, God, that when I woke up, I'm still with you. Are you hearing this? We're going to have to end. We have to end with this, I think. I think. No, you guys are really nice, but I'm in big trouble. How precious also are your thoughts to me. Listen, if you're in the house, if you're watching right now, God says, I know the thoughts I think toward you. …
… Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. When I awake, still I am with you. Search me, God, and know my heart. Test me and know my anxious thoughts. see if there is any offensive way in me and lead me in the way everlasting. Before I give you my title, would you just make David's words your prayer this morning? Would you just say, search me, God? Now say it to your father in heaven, say, search me, God. The title of my message today is I left that out. I left that out. You may be seated. Amen. doing marriage counseling together, and it's been so helpful. Every time I say that, people go like, oh no, what's wrong? But for us, it was, you know, we just thought, wouldn't it be good to talk with someone regularly, get perspective, get healthy before something goes wrong, you know, especially as life becomes more complex as we're trying to raise kids and all that. And so we've been doing this for a few years now, and it's been so helpful for us. 99% of our time with the counselor is Anna working through things, but now and then there's something that comes up that pertains to me. …
… how precious to me are your thoughts, O God, how vast is the sum of them. If I would count them, they are more than the sand. I awake, and I'm still with you. In other words, after exalting in the Lord and His sovereign disposition of all things. It is a striking metaphor that God has a book, and He's the author, and He's written out your days and the days of everyone that you know. And some of those days go longer than you ever thought possible, that they're 90s or past the century mark, and some of those days end far too short, but all of those days written in His book before one of them comes to pass. Now, we don't neglect that God means to sustain us by the use of secondary means. That's why we wear seat belts, why we have cancer treatments, and yet it is true that all of us are invincible, irinvincible, until the days marked out for you come to an end. And ultimately, no matter what we do, what extraordinary measures are taken, when we come to the end of our days that God has already written in His book, such will be the end. …