How Precious Also Are Thy Thoughts Unto Me, O God
God's thoughts are always tender, loving, and wise, bringing us countless benefits and ensuring our salvation and final perseverance.
C.H. Spurgeon emphasizes the comforting nature of God's omniscience for believers, illustrating that God's thoughts towards His children are constant, tender, and filled with love. He reassures that God never turns His gaze away from us, providing a sense of security and care in our lives. Spurgeon highlights that God's thoughts encompass our entire being, ensuring that not a single detail of our existence is overlooked. This divine attention brings immense consolation, especially in times of sorrow and struggle, as we are always under the watchful eye of our Heavenly Father. Ultimately, the assurance of God's thoughts leads to our perseverance and salvation, as He remains committed to His covenant with us.
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Divine omniscience affords no comfort to the ungodly mind, but to the child of God it overflows with consolation. God is always thinking upon us, never turns aside His mind from us, has us always before His eyes; and this is precisely as we would have it, for it would be dreadful to exist for a moment beyond the observation of our heavenly Father. His thoughts are always tender, loving, wise, prudent, far-reaching, and they bring to us countless benefits: hence it is a choice delight to remember them.
The Lord always did think upon His people: hence their election and the covenant of grace by which their salvation is secured; He always will think upon them: hence their final perseverance by which they shall be brought safely to their final rest.
In all our wanderings the watchful glance of the Eternal Watcher is evermore fixed upon us--we never roam beyond the Shepherd's eye. In our sorrows He observes us incessantly, and not a pang escapes Him; in our toils He marks all our weariness, and writes in His book all the struggles of His faithful ones. These thoughts of the Lord encompass us in all our paths, and penetrate the innermost region of our being.
Not a nerve or tissue, valve or vessel, of our bodily organization is uncared for; all the littles of our little world are thought upon by the great God.
Sermon Outline
- Divine Omniscience and the Child of God
- The Lord's thoughts bring countless benefits
- The Lord's watchful glance is always upon us
- God's thoughts are always tender and loving
- God's thoughts are always wise and prudent
- The Lord's thoughts secure our salvation
- The Lord's thoughts ensure our final perseverance
- The Lord observes us in our sorrows
- The Lord marks our toils and struggles
Key Quotes
“His thoughts are always tender, loving, wise, prudent, far-reaching, and they bring to us countless benefits” — C.H. Spurgeon
“In all our wanderings the watchful glance of the Eternal Watcher is evermore fixed upon us--we never roam beyond the Shepherd's eye” — C.H. Spurgeon
“Not a nerve or tissue, valve or vessel, of our bodily organization is uncared for; all the littles of our little world are thought upon by the great God” — C.H. Spurgeon
Application Points
- We can trust that God is always thinking upon us with tender and loving thoughts.
- We can find comfort in knowing that God's watchful glance is always upon us, even in our sorrows and toils.
- We can rest assured that God's thoughts secure our salvation and ensure our final perseverance.