Title

Count the Sand

Scripture
How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand; when I awake, I am still with You.
(Psalm 139:17-18)
Devotional
The next time you are at the beach, pick up a handful of sand, dump it to the ground and look carefully at the grains remaining on your hand. Attempt to count them. Then look up and down the beach; consider the grains of sand on all the beaches and in all seas of the world. The psalmist says that the thoughts God has about you outnumber them. If that does not give you a sense of awe and security nothing will. To even begin to grasp this we have to understand that the dimensions of this realm do not govern the Creator of the universe. He does not dwell in time and space. He dwells in timeless eternity. With regard to time, space and any of the measurements by which we are ruled, He says, “I am”. He is omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent. Therefore, for God to think of you more than the sand of the entire universe is nothing for Him. Thus we ask, “Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?”(1)

(1) Psalm 139:6
Thought For The Night
C. S. Lewis said, “If there is no intelligence behind the universe, then nobody designed my brain for the purpose of thinking. Thought is merely the byproduct of some atoms within my skull. But if so, how can I trust my own thinking to be true? And if I can’t trust my own thinking, of course, I can’t trust arguments leading to atheism and therefore have no reason to be an atheist, or anything else. Unless I believe in God, I can’t believe in thought; so I can never use thought to disbelieve God.” C. S. Lewis, Broadcast Talks (London, 1946
Evening Text
Psalm 139:17, 18: How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand; when I awake, I am still with You.
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Evening Study Guide
Defining: “More than the sand”: A metaphor that is somewhat measurable for the purpose of grasping the unfathomable. 
 
Referencing: “Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders which You have done, and Your thoughts toward us; there is none to compare with You. If I would declare and speak of them, they would be too numerous to count,” Psalm 40:5.
 
Applying: Learn to understand that God is not limited by time, space, distance, size, or any other measurable human entity.