There's a couple in Arkansas 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.
Alan Smith
alansmith.servant@gmail.com
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