It amazes me how deeply the Lord knows my heart.
I guess it shouldn’t since He created my heart.
Nonetheless, I’m still amazed.
I have been wrestling with the phrase “intimately acquainted with my ways.”
I am so thankful that the Lord knows how to speak directly to my soul.
This is how He explained “intimately acquainted with my ways”:
When an architect is designing a building, they are given a piece of land;
this land is pre-packaged with its own elements.
The architect must know what these elements are,
what the weather is like,
and the community in which they are building.
The architect must think about how the building will impact the environment
and how it will be impacted by it.
The architect must consider how the people residing within the building will be affected
and the impact on visitors.
They think about how light will reflect within the space,
how air will flow through,
and how movement will happen.
The architect spends hours
tirelessly,
passionately,
fiercely designing and creating
with all of these things in mind.
They are intimately acquainted with the ways of the building.
There is a reason for every centimeter of the building;
there is not one mistake.
And only the architect can full understand every aspect of their creation.
God is an architect.
He is intimately acquainted with the ways of His creation.
We are not a product of a factory-made mold.
We are all completely unique.
God thought about the environment He would put us in.
He thought about how we would be affected by the community
and how we would affect it.
He thought about how His light would reflect within us,
how His light would reflect through us,
and how we would receive His light reflected through others.
He thought about the flow of air within us,
thought about our movement.
God tirelessly,
passionately,
fiercely dedicated time
to create His masterpiece
with all of these things in mind.
He is intimately acquainted with our ways.
There is a reason for every bit of His creation.
Only He can fully understand the beauty that He created within us,
and only He can fully explain that beauty to us.
He created us so perfectly for our purpose
and is well pleased.
