“Yet you are he who took me from the womb; you made me trust you at my mother’s breasts.” – Psalm 22:9 

Scripture reading: Psalm 139:1-16

Yet! This is the conjunction which completely turns the text around as verse 9 begins. But how is this so? What has changed things here? There is nothing that has changed, though. He is still cut off and universally scorned. However, here something stronger comes through all this. Something similar to what verse 3 introduced. For there he responds by looking higher whereas, here in our text he looks deeper.

Having set his mind on God’s glory and fame in verses 3 to 5, David now focuses on God’s personal, life-long care of him. This is about the Father’s compassionate love. Here Charles Spurgeon notes: Our birth was our weakest and most perilous period of existence; if we were then secured by Omnipotent tenderness, surely we have no reason to suspect that divine goodness will fail us now? He who was our God when we left our mother, will be with us when we return to mother earth, and will keep us from perishing in the belly of hell.

Exactly when you think this man would be full of doubt, he looks a different way. Instead of looking at those around him, he looks within. He realizes how he got to where he currently is.

Imagine: If you and I know God’s care for us how much more wouldn’t the Saviour realize His Father’s love for Him in all circumstances?

Suggestions for Prayer

Thank God the Father for His love for us – His chosen and precious children – and, especially, His love for His Son.

Rev. Sjirk Bajema currently serves the RCNZ Oamaru, in Oamaru, New Zealand. Over the past thirty-eight years Rev. Bajema has been privileged to minister with four congregations in Australia and New Zealand. Get this devotional delivered directly to your phone each day via our RP App. This devotional is made available by the Nearer To God Devotional team, who also make available in print, for purchase, at NTGDevotional.com.