If you only knew what lies just beneath the surface of the life you are living, what has been written before your eyes all along, what the original writers of the Torah (first five books), Tanakh (the Prophets; the rest of the Old Testament), and New Testament inscribed with their own hands, breathed into existence with their own words, what God Himself is keeping track of in ways your heart has not yet understood, your life would be utterly transformed. Not slightly improved, not tidied up or polished with religious decorum. I’m talking about a change from the inside out, like a seed breaking open deep underground, where hidden energy, water, and warmth come together to create life and growth no one can yet see.
You walk beneath the sun, the stars, the turning of seasons, believing you understand reality. If you only knew that half the time, life is like trying to grow a plant and forgetting to water it, but God never forgets. You work, you eat, you laugh, you think, you plan, and at the day’s end, you imagine you’ve glimpsed everything that is. Yet the truth of the Word, carefully recorded by guided hands, goes far beyond surface understanding. It is alive. It is attentive. It is not ink resting quietly on a page. It is דָּבָר, dabar, a spoken Word carrying substance, authority, and consequence. It shapes your very fibers with every breath, every thought, every whispered prayer when no one else hears. Even the slightest doubt that He listens is known, because He always does. (If you only knew how often I have whispered prayers for lost eye glasses…) and yes, He’s listening. The Word does not sleep. It does not pause. It is endlessly active, weaving the unseen with the seen, threading your life into eternity, influencing outcomes you may never fully recognize: guiding, correcting, nurturing, sustaining.
The Torah, God’s instruction given through Moses, emphasizes that God’s words were never intended to remain fleeting stories, subject to human forgetfulness. They were commanded to be written, anchored, preserved… not for convenience, but because God understood that written words carry enduring power far beyond what human minds can contain. Exodus 17:14 declares, “Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Write this on a scroll as something to be remembered and make sure that Joshua hears it, because I will completely blot out the name of Amalek from under heaven.’” The instruction is precise: write it. If you only knew how many times I’ve tried “just thinking” God’s instructions… spoiler alert, it doesn’t work. Don’t merely think it. Don’t orally relay it and hope it survives. But write it, so generations encounter it exactly as God intended. If you only knew, modern science actually confirms what Moses knew millennia ago: writing something down strengthens memory, clarifies thought, and even rewires the brain for action. Journals, notes, letters, and yes, even Scripture, literally imprint understanding into your mind and heart. Turns out, God was ahead of the neuroscience curve by a few thousand millennia. While I was studying my pastoral counseling classes, we had to write, write, write. My hands and fingers really got tired from the repeated writing, but after a time, it all stuck, right there in my brain.
Deuteronomy 31:24–26 echoes this principle: “After Moses finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end, he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord: ‘Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God. There it will remain as a witness against you.’” From beginning to end. Nothing omitted. Nothing softened. Nothing edited for comfort. Placed beside the ark, the scroll was covenantal testimony. Heaven treats what is written as witness; our engagement with it is sacred responsibility. The scroll was not decorative; it was lifeline, accountability, a path into understanding His ways.
To know YHWH is not casual acquaintance. The Hebrew word is יָדַע, yada, meaning relational, intimate knowing, the same word Scripture uses when it says a husband knows his wife. This is not academic familiarity. It is covenant closeness, shared life. God does not invite you to study Him like a manual. He invites you to walk with Him until His life flows through you as naturally as your own heartbeat. Prayer changes. Rehearsed lines give way to living conversations between covenant partners. God is not surprised by honesty. He already knows your thoughts. There is no heavenly gasp at difficult questions. Honest wrestling is welcomed far above polite distance. Every truthful word you speak stirs the Word, nudging, correcting, protecting, shaping circumstance.
Heaven keeps record, not as bureaucracy, but as covenant awareness. Malachi 3:16 says, “Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in His presence concerning those who feared the Lord and honored His name.” The Hebrew word is סֵפֶר, sefer, a book, a written document. Notice the sequence: He listens, He hears, it is written. Private reverence, quiet acknowledgment, none of it vanishes. Revelation 20:12 mirrors this: “And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books.”
The record is precise, yet Scripture also shows mercy. Isaiah 43:25 declares, “I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions, for My own sake, and remembers your sins no more.” Whispered gratitude, unseen struggle, all are noticed, written, remembered. Every act matters. Every cry, humble thanks, private surrender, weighted and treasured, woven into your covenant narrative. God listens. Their triumphs and mistakes were laid down as they came, with no sugarcoating. He records, and best of all, He responds, like a gardener tending each sprout in your soul’s garden, adjusting as each vine reaches toward light, each root drinks moisture, each leaf absorbs warmth.
The Torah and Tanakh stress the gravity of choice. Adam chose. Cain chose. Abraham chose. David chose. Their triumphs and mistakes were laid down as they came. Fiction might clean up heroes; Scripture shows humanity as it is, making the message trustworthy. Deuteronomy 30:19 says, “This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live.” Choices ripple. Obedience sets everything right; rebellion tears it apart, breeds chaos. Consequences show up when you don’t see them coming, changing life in ways you notice only later. If you only knew how far a single choice can echo into eternity, you might walk through your days a little more like a secret agent for heaven, and less like someone trying to dodge stepping on cracks.
All this points to Messiah. Torah, prophets, writings, letters, all converge in Him. John 1:1–3 says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made.” דָּבָר, davar in Hebrew. λόγος, logos, in Greek. Divine expression. Living message. John 1:14 continues, “The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” Flesh. Personal. Not philosophy or abstraction. Scripture is encounter, revelation, and relationship. It’s an invitation to meet God, understand His ways, and walk with Him daily.
It becomes personal for you too. As you study His Word you do not remain unaware of the unseen realm. Ask Him to breathe His רוּחַ, ruach, (Spirit) into you. Ask Him to awaken perception, discernment. Ezekiel 36:26–27 says, “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put My Spirit in you and move you to follow My decrees and be careful to keep My laws.”
This isn’t just an idea or something to think about. It’s real change happening deep inside you, in your nephesh, the part of you that feels, thinks, and lives. When God gives you a heart of flesh and His רוּחַ (ruach, His Spirit) starts moving inside, it changes what you want, how you understand things, and even how you notice His presence in everyday life. Ordinary moments, a floorboard creaking, sunlight warming your skin, a quiet prayer at the sink while washing dishes, become ways to experience God personally. Life itself, even the small stuff, is infused with His presence.
Consider King David, whose psalms reveal the human heart stripped bare before God. Psalm 139:1–4 says, “You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue, Lord, you know it completely.” Notice the intimacy: God does not merely observe from a distance. He’s right there. In the very air we breath.
He discerns, διακρίνω, diakrino, separates, examines, judges rightly, yet with love, every nuance of thought, every hesitation, every hidden longing. The psalmist does not fear this scrutiny; he leans into it. Why? Because he knows the One who sees also redeems, shapes, protects, and perfects. There is freedom in being fully known and fully loved. If you only knew how liberating it is to be entirely transparent before God, you’d probably stop worrying so much about impressing people and start laughing a little more at life’s little absurdities.
This principle winds through every book of Scripture. Even in the New Testament, Yeshua emphasizes that nothing is hidden that will not be revealed. In Luke 12:2–3 He declares, “There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in private will be proclaimed from the roofs.” Words and deeds, thoughts and intentions, are not lost to the wind. God notices the hidden places of your heart as carefully as He watches the grand stages of life. Every small act of mercy, every silent prayer, every tear shed in loneliness is cataloged in the book of life.
Yet notice the balance: God is not a tyrant collecting evidence for punishment. He is a Father, a Creator, a Shepherd. Hebrews 4:13 tells us, “Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.” And yet, this is not a gaze of condemnation, but of revelation, guidance, and tender correction. God’s vision penetrates every shadow and every light, but always with a purpose: restoration, alignment, and intimacy. He doesn’t leave you in ignorance of the truth of your own heart; He puts a light on it gently, so you can walk in His light rather than stumble in darkness.
Think of the prophets, whose lives exemplified this divine scrutiny combined with covenant love. Isaiah, Jeremiah, Hosea, they knew the sharp edge of God’s truth, yet His Spirit sustained them. Isaiah 42:16 says, “I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth.” Notice the deliberate language: lead, guide, turn darkness into light. God does not abandon His people to the unknown; He illuminates, instructs, and smooths the jagged edges of life’s terrain. Your missteps, your confusion, your moments of fear, these are not ignored. They are transformed into teaching moments, sanctified, knitted into the fabric of your covenant walk.
Even Yeshua Himself demonstrates this principle in His interactions. When He spoke with the Samaritan woman at the well, John 4:16–18 records, “He told her, ‘Go, call your husband and come back.’ The woman answered, ‘I have no husband.’ Yeshua said to her, ‘You are right when you say you have no husband. The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband.’” Yeshua revealed the hidden reality, not to shame her, but to bring clarity, to lift the veil of pretense, and to open the door for authentic encounter with God. He sees what we cannot see in ourselves. He knows what lies hidden. If you only knew how tenderly He handles the messy corners of our lives, you’d stop tucking away the parts of yourself you think are shameful and let Him walk through every room of your heart.
This covenantal vision carries forward into the practical life of every believer. God’s watchfulness transforms routine moments into opportunities for holy engagement. Colossians 3:23–24 instructs, “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.” Even the smallest tasks, performed in sincerity and dedication, are witnessed, valued, and sanctified. Your labor, yes, even at your job, even folding laundry, becomes sacred, saturated with eternal significance, even if unnoticed by the world.
And here is the wonder: the more you align with His Word, immerse yourself in His presence, and surrender your heart fully to His guidance, the more He transforms not only your actions, but your very desires. Ezekiel 36:27 promises, “And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.” Your choices and desires, your very “will”, start to line up with His. Your heart becomes open and responsive to what He teaches, and your soul begins to reflect the way of holiness and love that Yeshua shows. This change happens quietly inside; you may not notice it at first, but its effects are profound. It is gentle and gradual, yet deep and life-changing.
Even the seemingly mundane rhythms of life, waking, eating, working, resting, become infused with His presence. Every heartbeat, every breath, every thought is a thread in the grand tapestry of divine design. Psalm 90:12 reminds us, “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” Awareness of the eternal dimension in every passing moment grants discernment. Every interaction, every word, every choice carries weight. Nothing is wasted. Nothing escapes the gaze of God’s loving, omniscient attention.
And this brings us to a radical understanding: the fear of the Lord is not terror, but reverent awe. Proverbs 9:10 declares, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” Respect and awe for God wake up understanding. They make your thinking clearer and help you see things as they really are. They bring your heart into step with eternal truth. When you live with this kind of fear, not the kind that scares you, but the kind that opens your eyes, you start to notice God working behind the scenes in your life. You can see signs of His grace where others see chance. You feel His guidance where others feel confused. You start to recognize God’s hand in the pattern of your everyday life.
Your life becomes like a living example of what Scripture teaches. Every time you obey God, show kindness, or take steps toward humility, it’s like you are writing testimony on a scroll that lasts forever. 2 Corinthians 3:3 says, “You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.” The amazing truth is that God’s Word doesn’t just stay in a book far away; it works itself into you. It changes you from the inside, making your own soul, your nephesh, a living record, written in His hand, in His Book, that shows His glory.
As you read, think, and pray over His Word, make it real-time with Him, not just something you do. Each verse plants a seed in your life, each story pours living water into your heart. Notice Him. Feel that He’s paying attention, that He cares. You’re never alone. You’re never overlooked. Your life is part of something bigger, an eternal, sacred story that God is writing, and you’re right in the middle of it.
Take this to heart: God’s attention is precise, His record is faithful, His Spirit is transformative, and His Word is alive. Walk in that reality. Embrace it. Let it permeate your thoughts, shape your choices, and illuminate your path. Psalm 23:1–3 declares, “The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.” Notice the rhythm here: provision, rest, refreshment, guidance. God does not merely intervene in crisis; He shepherds daily life. He directs the mundane and the monumental alike. Every decision, every pause, every choice to obey or surrender, is part of this divine guidance. The paths may appear narrow or difficult, yet they are paths of life, aligned with covenant truth, calibrated to shape your soul into the image of Yeshua.
The Hebrew word for soul, נֶפֶשׁ, nephesh,encompasses life, desire, will, and consciousness. God’s guidance affects every layer of your nephesh. It is not simply about outward actions; it is inward transformation. Proverbs 4:23 warns us, “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” The heart, levah in Hebrew, is the central command of your inner being. Guard it. Nurture it. Let it dwell in the fertile soil of God’s Word, watered by the Spirit, illuminated by covenant intimacy. What flows from your heart, your thoughts, your words, your actions, reflects what has been cultivated within. If you only knew how much your heart shapes everything you touch, you’d probably stop arguing with the toaster for burning your bread, and start listening a little closer to the quiet nudges of God. The Hebrew word levah isn’t just “heart”, it’s the sound your heart makes. If you listen closely, really let Him, you can hear God speaking in your heart, guiding, whispering, and shaping every beat of your life. Your heart is His meeting place; your life, His story.
Even trials, pain, and moments of isolation serve as instruments of refinement. James 1:2–4 instructs, “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.” Trials are not interruptions; they are tools God uses to shape and grow you. They dig into your nephesh, exposing hidden fears, secret desires, and unseen weaknesses, bringing them into God’s presence to be healed. Just like a blacksmith uses fire to purify metal and make it stronger, the challenges you face refine your faith, shape your character, and increase your dependence on God. Without these tests, the full depth of a close, covenant relationship with God and true spiritual growth cannot be realized.
Consider Joseph, who endured betrayal, slavery, and imprisonment. Every hardship, every perceived injustice, became a thread in the tapestry of God’s design. Genesis 50:20 declares, “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.” His trials were recorded, witnessed, and transformed into divine purpose. Likewise, your struggles are neither wasted nor random. They are observed, cataloged, and infused with meaning by the One who knows your heart. If you only knew how God turns betrayal into blessing, you’d stop seeing obstacles and people, as dead ends.
Faith is the conduit that channels God’s Word into tangible reality. Hebrews 11:1 defines it: “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” Faith bridges the visible and invisible, the temporal and the eternal. When you act in faith, your words, deeds, and prayers align with the covenantal Word. You become an active participant in God’s unfolding plan, co-laboring with the Spirit to manifest His purpose in the world.
The love of God is inseparable from His attentiveness. 1 Corinthians 8:3 tells us, “But whoever loves God is known by God.” To be known, γνωρίζω, gnorizo, in Greek, is not casual recognition, it is relational awareness, intimate knowledge of your thoughts, emotions, and intentions. God’s love ensures that nothing you experience is ignored. Every sigh, every whisper, every act of obedience, every tear, every silent longing is witnessed, treasured, and integrated into the narrative He is weaving through your life.
The Word itself is active and alive. Hebrews 4:12 explains, “For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” This is not metaphor alone. God’s Word discerns your deepest internal state with precision. It touches the places you cannot reach alone. It separates truth from falsehood, love from selfishness, humility from pride. Your inner life is not hidden from God, nor from His Word; it is shaped and refined continually by His Spirit.
As you immerse yourself in Scripture, meditate on it, and allow it to dwell richly within, you become a living testament. 2 Timothy 3:16–17 declares, “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” God’s Word equips. It instructs. It disciplines. It transforms. And in your transformation, the Spirit works through you, touching others, spreading light, and manifesting God’s kingdom on earth.
Prayer becomes not merely communication, but alignment. Psalm 19:14 says, “May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.” When your heart and words reflect the truth of His Word, your life itself becomes a prayer, a living offering of worship and obedience. Every action, consciously or unconsciously, echoes His covenant, demonstrating faith, love, and reverence.
Even in seasons of waiting, of unanswered questions, the Lord’s presence is active. Isaiah 40:31 assures us,“But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” Waiting is not stagnation. It is cultivation, patience, resilience, and dependence. God’s attention does not waver. The unseen, careful weaving of your life continues, even when human perception falters. And while you are waiting, do, study, pray.
This is the covenant reality: God sees. God records. God directs. God transforms. Psalm 37:23–24 says, “The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him; though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand.” Even when you falter, when your human weakness tempts despair, He steadies your steps with unwavering care. The divine record, the living scroll of your life, reflects not only your choices but His faithfulness. You are continually guided, nourished, and guarded by covenant love that is meticulous, attentive, and unending.
Look at it like this: God Himself leans close, whispers over your life, and says, “So, embrace this truth with your whole nephesh: your life is precious, observed, and written in the ledger of eternity. Every thought, every word, every choice, every struggle, every victory, nothing escapes My attention. You are never unseen, never forgotten. Each moment is a thread in the tapestry I am weaving, every breath a note in the melody of your days, every act a mark of our covenant intimacy. I am here in the quiet corners with you, shaping your life with My own hands, guiding, sustaining, and rejoicing over you personally.”
Walk boldly in this awareness. If you only knew, you are starring in the most epic story ever written, no auditions, no edits required, because God Himself is the most excellent author and editor. Immerse yourself in His Word. Invite His Spirit to awaken perception, to shape your heart, and to breathe covenant intimacy into every ordinary moment. Treasure the hidden and unseen, for they are observed, recorded, and cherished by the Creator Himself. Your life is not mere existence, it is covenantal, purposeful, and eternally significant.
This is not theory. This is not religion. This is reality. The living Word, dabar, logos, will do what He was sent to do (Isa 55:11). And once you know, really know, you cannot go back to living as though you didn’t.
Let us pray:
Lord God, Creator of heaven and earth, I thank You that You are attentive to every detail of our lives. You see what we do, what we think, what we hope, and what we hide. Teach us to walk in Your Word, to treasure Your guidance, and to embrace the transformation You bring to our hearts. May our lives reflect Your glory, our thoughts be aligned with Your Spirit, and our actions be instruments of Your love. Renew our hearts daily, strengthen our nephesh, and help us to trust in Your covenantal presence in all things. Lead us beside quiet waters, refresh our souls, and guide us along the paths of righteousness for Your name’s sake. In Yeshua’s Holy Name, Amen Amen.
Shalom, Shalom in Meshiach.
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