The words and thoughts expressed by David in Psalm 139 are probably familiar to us. Still, I want to touch on a couple of them again. Ps 139:16: Your eyes saw me when I was formless; all my days were written in Your book and planned before a single one of them began. [HCSB]
I turned 75 years old in December. That’s a lot of days. As of this date, it’s actually 27,487 days. Some of them have been great days, some have been bad days. Many have been mediocre, common days where I can hardly notice the passing of one to another. As I look around me, I also notice that some people have many more good days than bad ones, while others are exactly the opposite. They have had hard, difficult days most of their lives.
As we read this passage, how are we to understand what it means that all our days have been planned for us “before a single one of them began?” (Boy, are we getting into some sticky, deep, theological issues here. Why did I even start this conversation?)
I am going to be very clear … I don’t understand truly what it means that all my days have been planned. I also don’t fully understand how free will and my bad/good days interact with God’s sovereignty and bring eternal results for my soul.
What I do understand is that God cares about me, He loves me. I understand that God has walked through every day of my life with me, even before I knew Him. I understand that He rejoiced with me in my delights; and wept with me in my sorrows. I understand that while the forces of evil were aimed against me, He was with me sharing the pain.
I may not be able to understand the deep theological concept of all my days planned for me, but Hallelujah, I am able to experience His love in each and every one of them.
