Well, Father, it is just me and You. I am sitting on my bus in a school parking lot waiting on the middle school basketball team and cheerleaders to finish up. I am glad that we are together. I am grateful that You are with me no matter where I go. May I hear Your words for me this evening. Amen.

Psalm 139 (<<click to read the passage)

A couple of days ago I sat down with the school’s transportation director concerning a problem I was having with a student. Now I know there are cameras on my bus. I know they are DVRs, so they record pretty much everything – high-quality video and full audio as well. Every time my bus is running, it does its thing.

There are actually four of them – one in the front facing the back, one in the back facing the front, one in the middle facing the back and one over my left shoulder. And that one? It records everything I do and say. They are there to protect my passengers and to protect me as well.

When we were talking she brought up the recording. And there I was clear as day, the placement of my hands on the steering wheel, me looking in my mirrors, checking on students and traffic.

Now I’m a “by the book” kind of guy but, honestly, it was a little unnerving, Anybody of proper authority could watch my every action! Listen to my every word! It haunted me throughout my afternoon routes and I was very self-conscience!

But the more I thought about it, I realized that it only records my actions about 6 hours a day, 5 days a week. And unless there’s some kind of issue, nobody will probably ever bother to look at them. But there is Someone who sees literally everything I do…and say…and something the DVR doesn’t do, He sees everything I think!

In Psalm 139 David does a great job of communicating this concept. Here are the first 6 verses.

1 O Lord, you have examined my heart
and know everything about me.
2 You know when I sit down or stand up.
You know my thoughts even when I’m far away.
3 You see me when I travel
and when I rest at home.
You know everything I do.
4 You know what I am going to say
even before I say it, Lord.
5 You go before me and follow me.
You place your hand of blessing on my head.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too great for me to understand!

Lord Jesus, help me to be aware of Your presence. There is nothing better than You looking over my shoulder. Who better to guide and direct me? May I be sensitive to You. Amen.

Feb 7th, 2019, Thurs, 6:10 pm