Richard was sitting in my office for the first time since getting home. He had spent two weeks in the hospital after having had a myocardial infarction (a heart attack).
One by one, we went over the changes in his medications. There really were not many changes, just a new blood thinner and increased dosage of his blood pressure medication.
"I'm going to be going back to see my cardiologist in a couple of weeks," Richard told me. "Would it be OK if I come in to see you after that?"
"Sure," I said. "But I would trust him. He is a heart specialist, you know."
"Yes," Richard responded seriously. "But you know me."
This was what was important to him. The cardiologist might be a brilliant doctor, but how could he know was the best medication for Richard, if he didn't really know Richard, the way I did?
God is the Lord of the Universe, the Ruler of the Million Galaxies, yet that is not a particularly compelling reason for me to trust Him.
It is perhaps for this reason that David explores a different theme in Psalm 139. "O Lord, you have searched me and known me..." This personal knowledge implies more than just omniscience, it indicates love and caring. God has chosen to know me, to hear me and see me, wherever I am.
I can trust God to choose good paths for me, not just because He is wise (which He is). I can trust Him, because He cares enough to know me.
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