WITH ALL YOUR KIDNEYS
Today's reading:  Psalm 15-17

"I will bless the Lord who guides me; even at night my heart instructs me.  I know the Lord is always with me.  I will not be shaken for he is right beside me."  Psalm 16:7 NLT

"The wise counsel God gives when I’m awake is confirmed by my sleeping heart.  Day and night I’ll stick with God; I’ve got a good thing going and I’m not letting go."  Psalm 16:7 MSG

I'm tickled with the translations this morning.

You see, in the original Hebrew translation, the word 'heart' is not mentioned.  Instead, God breathed into the writer of the psalm the word 'kilyah' or 'kidney'.

Funny how being moved in your kidneys or being assured by how you feel in your kidneys is not a common thought.

Unless you know what kidneys do...

Kidneys are the master chemists of the body.  May not be a big deal to you, but allow any of the chemicals running the processes of your body to get out of whack and see if you don't quickly appreciate their value.  Boy, oh boy, do I ever have a personal understanding! 

Kidneys utilize the water we give our bodies.  Water that is no vital.  So necessary.  So life-giving.

Kidneys remove waste from our bodies.  Waste that can poison.  Waste that can take up space needed by nutrients for proper function.

Kidneys regulate hormones.  Aaah, hormones.  Those rarely mentioned emotion determining juices.  

So is it important that we know God from the depths, the very kidneys, of our being?  I do believe it is.  Superficial knowledge won't get us very far when the storm rages and the enemy pounds.

So, do you know His peace, His love, His forgiveness from the bottom of your...kidney?