Psalm 139:7 “Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?”

The Psalmist tells us here in this great Psalm a very sobering thought.  There is NOWHERE we can go to escape God.  He is everywhere.  His presence permeates all creation.  We may think we are hiding from Him, but nope, He is there.  There is no hole deep enough, no ocean wide enough, no mountain high enough to escape the presence of The Almighty.

But then again, why would you want to hide?  If you are a child of the King, don’t you want to be as near to Him as possible?  What makes us want to hide?  SIN!  We either desire it, so we hide, or we are ashamed and want to hide.  But everything in our lives will one day be exposed.

TEACHING MOMENT

I remember like it was yesterday the day my daughter decided to hide from us in our bedroom closet.  She was only about 2.  It started out as a game to her, but when we started panicking and yelling for her, she got scared and wouldn’t come out.  Her hiding place became her scary place.  She couldn’t move out of fear of getting in trouble.  She was afraid to come out because she thought we were mad at her.

Is that what your children do?  Do they hide from you when they are in trouble?  Our children must know, without a doubt, that no matter what they do, we will love them.  They also need to know that no matter what they do, God loves them.  Could there be consequences for disobedience?  Why of course!  Don’t hide that from them.  Be up front with them about that.  But reassure them that discipline from us or God does NOT negate our love.

Are you hiding today from God?  Are you in one of those places in your life when you just can’t handle being exposed to the brilliance of our God?  His light exposes sin in our lives, and you just can’t deal with that.  Come out of your hiding place?  God is waiting to wrap His arms around you.  He wants to restore your fellowship with Him.

Step into the light and feel the warmth of His love today!