God Knows Us 上帝晓得我们
Dexu Xia
You know me, Lord. Jeremiah 12:3
I recently saw a photograph of Michelangelo’s sculpture Moses, in which a close-up view showed a small bulging muscle on Moses’ right arm. This muscle is the extensor digiti minimi, and the contraction only appears when someone lifts their pinky. Michelangelo, known as a master of intricate details, paid close attention to the human bodies he sculpted, adding intimate features most everyone else would miss. Michelangelo knew the human body in ways few other sculptors have, but the details he carved into granite were his attempts to reveal something deeper—the soul, the interior life of human beings. And, of course, there Michelangelo always fell short.
Only God knows the deepest realities of the human heart. Whatever we see of one another, no matter how attentive or insightful it might be, is only a shadow of the truth. But God sees deeper than the shadows. “You know me, Lord,” the prophet Jeremiah said; “you see me” (12:3). God’s knowledge of us isn’t theoretical or cerebral. He doesn’t observe us from a distance. Rather, He peers into the hidden realities of who we are. God knows the depths of our interior lives, even those things we struggle to understand ourselves.
No matter our struggles or what’s going on in our hearts, God sees us and truly knows us.
By: Winn Collier
What makes you feel alone, isolated, or unseen? How does it change things to realize that God knows you?
Dear God, this world can be a lonely place, but I’m astounded at how truly You know me. It fills me with wonder and joy.
耶和华啊，祢晓得我。—耶利米书12章3节
最近我看到一张米开朗基罗的雕塑《摩西像》的照片。在照片中有个局部特写，显示摩西的右臂有条鼓起的小肌肉。这条肌肉是伸小指肌，只有当人抬起小指时才会出现收缩。米开朗基罗这位注重细节的雕塑大师，以细腻刻画人体线条而闻名于世。他的作品呈现出人体每个部位的微小细节，并且会添加多数人会遗漏的重要特征。米开朗基罗对人体的了解是当时的雕刻家所缺少的，但他雕刻在大理石上的纹理细节，其实是试图反映出更深的层面，那就是灵魂，人类的内在生命。当然，米开朗基罗从未做到这一点。
只有上帝晓得人心最深处的真实样貌。我们在别人身上所看到的，不论看得多仔细，多么观察入微，都只是外在形象而已，而上帝所看到的却是人的内心。正如先知耶利米说：“耶和华啊，祢晓得我，看见我”（耶利米书12章3节）。上帝对我们的认识，不是理论或理智上的认识。祂并非从远处观察我们，而是直视我们隐藏的真实样貌。上帝晓得我们内在生命的深处，甚至那些我们自己都无法理解的事情，祂都了如指掌。
不论我们为何事挣扎，或内心有何想法，上帝都看见我们，并且真的了解我们。
作者： 郭惟恩
什么会令你感到寂寞、孤立或被人忽视？
当你明白上帝了解你，你的心态会有何改变？
亲爱的上帝，这世界可以令人感到孤独，
但感谢祢如此了解我，使我满心赞叹且满有喜乐