There’s a couple
in
who have given their six-year-old son strict instructions to come home from
playing every afternoon no later than 5
p.m. He is allowed to play with his
friends, but his parents are quite serious about his curfew. If he is not home
by 5 p.m., they begin to worry and call around the neighborhood to find out where
he is. The boy knows this, though, and is careful to arrive every day on
time.
One April
Monday, however, the day after Daylight Saving Time went into effect, the boy
was late coming home. When he finally arrived, a few minutes before 6 p.m., his
mother scolded him for being late. “You know you are to be home by
five,” she said, “and here it is nearly six.”
Puzzled, the
little boy pointed out the window. “But the light,” he protested,
“the light; it’s the light that tells me when to come home.”
Realizing what
had happened, his mother smiled and gently explained that the day before the
time had been changed, that everyone had reset their clocks and, now, the
daylight lasted longer.
The boy’s eyes
narrowed. “Does God know about
this?” he asked suspiciously.
It’s easy to see
why a young boy would ask such a question, but no matter what the circumstance
prompting the question, the answer to “Does God know about this?” is
always, “Yes, He knows.” David
reflected on this quality of God in Psalm 139: “Lord, you
have examined me and know all about me.
You know when I sit down and when I get up. You know my thoughts before
I think them. You know where I go and
where I lie down. You know thoroughly everything I do. Lord, even before I say a word, you already
know it. You are all around me — in
front and in back — and have put your hand on me. Your knowledge is amazing to
me; it is more than I can understand.” (Psalm 139:1-6)
At times, it is
a bit frightening to realize that God knows so much about me, but ultimately it
is a comforting thought — that someone knows so much about me, yet still loves
me. Because God knows me so well, He
knows my deepest needs. May you take
comfort this day in the realization that God knows everything about you there
is to know.
Have a great
day!
Alan Smith
