We continue in Psalm 139 this week in verses 7 through 12, where we see the reassuring reminder that God is with us constantly.
7 I can never escape from your Spirit!
I can never get away from your presence!
8 If I go up to heaven, you are there;
if I go down to the grave, you are there.
9 If I ride the wings of the morning,
if I dwell by the farthest oceans,
10 even there your hand will guide me,
and your strength will support me.
11 I could ask the darkness to hide me
and the light around me to become night —
12but even in darkness I cannot hide from you.
To you the night shines as bright as day.
Darkness and light are the same to you.
How wonderful it is to know that we can never be anywhere that God is not with us! In the good places, in the tough places, in pain, in rejoicing, in celebration, and in mourning, our Lord is with us!
How interesting, then, that by our sinful nature, we try to hide from God, but we need to remember that our God is not omni-present – with us all the time – because He’s out to get us. He’s ever-present with us because he loves us! And verses 7 through 12 of Psalm 139 are a celebration of that fact.
Are you rejoicing in His presence, or are you wishing He was not omnipresent?
If we don’t find joy in the presence of the Good Shepherd, we cannot shepherd well. If we don’t desire that we be with Him and He be with us, we cannot influence well.
Be honest with yourself and before God. Repent if necessary, acknowledging that you do so not for condemnation, but for forgiveness and for the joy ahead of you as you celebrate His omni-presence.
Remember that He is a loving God and because of that love He is ever present, always available to us wherever we are and wherever we go.