“You know… before a word is on my lips, you know it altogether.” Ps. 139:4
The way God speaks love to us, sometimes mirrors who he created us uniquely to be.
As enneagram two’s, we want to be known. We long to be wanted, and loved. But also as two’s, we help people because we see the need and want to meet it. We are those who, while not all knowing, have been given the gift and ability to see other’s needs. We see the way the words are said and not said. We see the look that someone’s trying to hide, hear the tilt in someone’s voice and know that there’s so much more behind what was just communicated than what was audibly spoken. And then we ache… oh how deeply we ache for and with someone. And this drives us to act, to care for and love the person before us that we see is in need.
But, a large struggle for you and I as two’s is that very few others tend to understand the same weight of the needs we see. Some, but not many understand the needs we feel compelled to act in care for the person before us. Greater still, we have our own needs that we deeply long for others to see and yet struggle to acknowledge and request help on. To you and me, one of the greatest ways in which we feel loved is when someone, without us asking, sees our need and acts on it in loving care of us. To be known so deeply that we don’t HAVE to say something. That the other person has taken the time to find out or just knows and gets us. This is where we can often feel seen and loved, because it’s a way we love others. As part of a community, we long for someone to step in, see OUR need, and act on it… without having to ask for it. It’s a way we feel loved and cared for.
But few see that and act on it towards us in the same way because it’s not their given ability, it’s not their role in the Body of Christ. While we have that gift, that doesn’t mean God has given it to all those around us. BUT, God has that same trait, and we have been given it because it’s reflection of himself in us. So we reflect that from him because it’s part of who HE is… towards US.
Something that I’ve begun to realize more recently is that, the way I long to be loved by someone with human flesh on, is a way I’m already loved by God. And so are you. In Psalm 139:3b-4, the Psalmist writes, “…You are so familiar with all my ways that before I speak even a word, Adonai, you know all about it already.” Before I speak, before you speak, the Father already knows your tendencies, your thoughts, the words and the way you speak.
And then, consider Matthew 6:8, “…Your father knows what you need before you ask him.” Did you catch that? Before you ask.
Dear Two, your Heavenly Father knows YOUR need. Even if no one else does, your need is known, understood, and acknowledged even before you say it, even before you ask. He still invites you to speak, to share your thoughts, and encourages you and I to ask (Matt. 7). He still longs to hear what’s on your heart. But even before you ask, He knows what you will say.
Your need is not too great for him, dear sweet two. He’s already providing for it, whether a physical provision, the strength and grace to endure, a way out of a situation, or simply the needed reminder that you are seen and loved, he is already working to give what is needed. Your thoughts are known. Your needs are known. The Father is actively caring for you, because he knows you, intimately, deeply, and like you resemble from him, he acts in care for you. And this, is what brings me and you comfort. We’re known, our needs are known, before we ask.
“Before a word is on my tongue, you know it altogether.” Ps. 139:4
“Your Father knows what you need before you ask…” Matt. 6:8b
You. Are. Known.
You. Are. Loved.
You. Are. Wanted.
Your need is not too great for him. He longs to meet it…and yet he sits patiently, ready and still willing to hear you.