Psalm 139
Is There Any Place I Can Go
© Song by Xander Stok, Project of Love.
September 29, 2023.
Psalm 139 – Is There Any Place I Can Go
1. God, investigate my life;
get all the facts firsthand.
I’m an open book to You;
2. Even from a distance, You know what I’m thinking.
3. You know when I leave and when I get back;
I’m never out of Your sight.
6. This is too much, too wonderful—
I can’t take it all in!
7. Is there anyplace I can go to avoid Your Spirit?
To be out of Your sight?
8. If I climb to the sky, You’re there!
If I go underground, You’re there!
9. If I flew on morning’s wings
to the far horizon,
10. You’d find me in a minute—
you’re already there waiting!
11. Then I said to myself,
“Oh, He even sees me in the dark!
At night I’m immersed in the light!”
12. It’s a fact: darkness isn’t dark to You;
night and day, darkness and light,
they’re all the same to You.
13. Oh yes, You shaped me first inside, then out;
You formed me in my mother’s womb.
14. Body and soul, I am marvelously made!
23. Investigate my life, O God,
find out everything about me;
Cross-examine and test me,
get a clear picture of what I’m about;
24. See for Yourself whether I’ve done anything wrong—
then guide me on the road to eternal life.
17. Your thoughts—how rare, how beautiful!
18. Oh, let me rise in the morning and live always with You!
The Message (MSG)
This time not me, Xander, but my wife Janis writing about the newest Psalm: 139. She's the creative mind behind the videos for Project of Love :)
"This is the most precious Psalm in the bible to me.
From the day I turned to face God a few years ago, He started showing me Psalm 139 daily: in apps, on social media, postcards, email..
This Psalm tells me who I am. Who He is. That He shaped me, and that He knows me, inside and out. That I was meant and cared for. That His thoughts are countless and beautiful.
And I couldn't believe that for a very long time.
Before Jesus and I met, I made a complete mess of my life. I was diagnosed with borderline pd, I continuously lied, cheated, acted out, and was very unreliable to the people around me and myself. I've hurt many people.
How could God ever love me? I'd done so many things wrong, felt worthless, had stinky behavior, and had no idea who I was. I was a fraud.
But then.. God. He didn't tell me to fírst get rid of all the mess, to become ‘good enough’, and that I would be worthy of His love after.
Psalm 139 told me that He already knew everything - and that He loved me. Even if I would relapse, if I would run away again, He would find me and still love me. He would already be there, waiting. His love for me was Hís choice, not mine. He knew what He did when He formed me.
Jesus loved me so recklessly, that I couldn't stand my old ways any longer. He told me that I am beautiful, purposeful. I am marvelously made. There was no room left for the false me. And He repeated that, until I started believing it.
Then we started cleaning up my life – together." ❤️
© Written by Janis Stok, Project of Love
