Day 208
“Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Where can I flee from Your presence?”
Psalm 139:7-12
God is Omnipresent. He is present everywhere. No matter what we do and where we are, He is there. He is not limited to Sunday worship and prayer times. Often we do not sense His presence in our lives because daily activities and concerns occupy us. Our emotions even betray us leading us to believe God is not present. When times of trauma or tragic circumstances occur in our lives we may plunge into periods of uncertainty or darkness. Yet, in the depth of these times God is present. In fact, His presence never leaves us.
Then there is sin and rebellion that may grip us. We may even flee from God. We may get angry with God. We may even deny Him. The psalmist declares, “If I make my bed in the depths, You are there.” And God says, “Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him?” [Jeremiah 23:23-24]. Remember this, in the midst of your sin, He is there. “The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good” [Proverbs 15:3].
God does not change because of our position. He is immutable, unchangeable. God cannot change within His character. Rather we are emotionally hot or cold, in sin or walking in righteousness, or in trauma or happiness, He is ever present. “For I am the Lord, I change not” [Malachi 3:6]. This unchangeable nature gives us a surety of His presence. The Living Bible renders Psalm 139:7 this way: “I can never be lost to Your Spirit! I can never get away from my God!” And we can cry with the psalmist, “This is too glorious, too wonderful to believe!”
“How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast the sum of them! Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of the sand.
When I awake, I am still with You.”
Psalm 139:17-18 NIV