Rev. Cyril A. Stevens – Sermon 0184A recorded on June 15, 1980 teaching from Psalm 139 – Thou Understandest My Thought Afar Off.
Pastor Cyril A. Stevens explores the divine architecture of the inner mind, emphasizing that God possesses an intimate, omnipresent knowledge of a person’s thoughts before they are even fully formed. The teaching is structured around four spiritual obligations: realizing that God’s gaze penetrates even the deepest darkness, scrutinizing one’s life through the filter of Scripture, jeopardizing personal comfort by inviting God to search for hidden sins, and understanding the vastness of God’s thoughts compared to our own. Stevens particularly addresses the internal warfare faced by believers, encouraging them to move past “childish mischief” by bringing every imagination into captivity to Christ. Ultimately, Pastor Stevens exhorts us to trade shallow, worldly influences for a transcendent focus on the Savior, finding peace in the reality that a holy God knows the worst of our hearts yet offers infinite grace and mercy.