The first Scripture I'm memorising this year focuses on God's knowledge. David, in Psalm 139, speaks directly to God of his character: his greatness as our Creator, his omniscience, his omnipresence and his wisdom. His knowledge of us is complete and extends to mundane parts of life and even to our secret thoughts, most of which are even those hidden from anyone else's view. His eyes are everywhere, searching each person's heart.

There are two ways to see this. We can be terrified at knowing this, knowing that God knows the real darkness of our hearts or we can be assured that God loves us even though he knows just how wicked we are and can praise him that he intimately understands and cares about us and every aspect of our lives. Because he knows our true depravity, he can prepare a perfect salvation for us.

O Lord, you have searched me and known me!
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from afar.
You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
Psalm 139:1-4