But God Knows You Better.

Let’s be honest—your algorithm is scary accurate. TikTok serves you the exact video you didn’t know you needed at 2am. Instagram shows you products you literally just thought about. Spotify creates playlists that feel like they’re reading your diary. It’s like your phone is inside your head, tracking every click, pause, and scroll to predict what you’ll want next, isn’t it?. We’ve gotten so used to being known by machines that we’ve started believing this is what being “understood” feels like.

But here’s the reality check: your algorithm knows your patterns, but it doesn’t know your purpose. It knows your preferences, but it doesn’t know your pain, can you decode how this is lifeless?. It can predict your next click, but it can’t heal your deepest wounds. The algorithm is powerful, but it’s not personal. It sees data points. God sees you and this is what matters the most.

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 you, Lord, know it completely.” Read that again. God knows you before you even form the thought. The algorithm tracks what you’ve already done—God knows what you need before you realize you need it. Jeremiah 1:5 goes even deeper: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart.”

Your algorithm has been learning you for a few months or years. God has known you since before time began. He knew you before your first post, your first search, your first heartbreak. He knew the version of you that you’re still becoming. That’s not surveillance—that’s love.

Here’s where it gets real: algorithms want to keep you engaged so they can sell you things or keep you on the platform longer. That’s the business model. They don’t care if the content is making you anxious, envious, or depressed—they just care that you keep scrolling. But God? He knows you so deeply that He wants to set you free from the very things the algorithm profits from. And sees you doomscrolling at 3am because you’re anxious. He sees you comparing your life to people you don’t even know.

Sees you curating a version of yourself online that’s exhausting to maintain. Instead of feeding you more content that keeps you trapped, He offers rest, identity, and peace that doesn’t depend on likes or views. Matthew 11:28-30 says “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” The algorithm wants your attention. God wants your wholeness.

So what do you do with this? Start by recognizing that being fully known by God is better than being algorithmically predicted by a platform. Take inventory of what your screen time is doing to your soul—if your algorithm knows you’re struggling, what is it feeding you? Comparison? Distraction? More noise? Then remember that God’s knowledge of you isn’t just about prediction—it’s about purpose. He’s not trying to sell you something or keep you addicted.

He’s inviting you into a relationship where you’re fully seen, fully loved, and fully known. Proverbs 3:5-6 reminds us: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” Your algorithm can’t do that. But God already has. You’re not just a user ID or a data point. You’re His, and He’s known you all along.

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