Teaching Notes

As high is the sky is above us, even higher is God's ways above our ways.

TEACHING NOTES
The Message (MSG)
Psalm 139

A David Psalm

17-22 Your thoughts—how rare, how beautiful! God, I'll never comprehend them! I couldn't even begin to count them— any more than I could count the sand of the sea. Oh, let me rise in the morning and live always with you! And please, God, do away with wickedness for good! And you murderers—out of here! — all the men and women who belittle you, God, infatuated with cheap god-imitations. See how I hate those who hate you, God, see how I loathe all this godless arrogance; I hate it with pure, unadulterated hatred. Your enemies are my enemies!

NOTES: David says that God’s thoughts are way above his own. And that he hates what God hates.



QUESTION: what does David mean about God’s thoughts being above him and unable to comprehend? And what do you think it means that God’s enemies are his enemies? Is he saying that he hates people?





Answer: David means he realizes that he cannot begin to understand all the ways of God. He realized that even when things seem they should be one way in his thinking, he realizes God's way will be better. We must realize the same thing. Even when we think we know best, we do not know better than God.





Prayer: God help us to always follow after your ways. Help us to keep our minds ready to hear your thoughts and to do your will.