Peak-a-Boo, I See You

 Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I run away from where You are? ⁸ If I go up to heaven, You are there! If I make my bed in the place of the dead, You are there! ⁹ If I take the wings of the morning or live in the farthest part of the sea, ¹⁰ even there Your hand will lead me and Your right hand will hold me. ¹¹ If I say, “For sure the darkness will cover me and the light around me will be night,” ¹² even the darkness is not dark to You. And the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are the same to You. Psalms 139 7-12

This is my favorite Psalm and my life scripture, the one I go to over and over to remind me who God is and who I am. It helps me keep a proper perspective in life and encourages me daily in my walk with Christ.

Try as we may, we cannot hide from God or escape His presence. This is good news for the believer and bad news for the sinner. As believers Christ has promised never to leave us or forsake us. Whether we are on the highest mountain of joy, or in the deepest valley of temptation and despair, Jesus has promised to be with us there. In verse 4 He tells us that He even knows what we are going to say before we say it. And in verse 16, He says He was there when we were in our mothers womb. None of us cannot hide our hearts or actions from the all-seeing eye of God. God knows all and sees all! His eyesight is 20-20 in all directions and His presence is everywhere we are. It is comforting for the obedient and embarrassing and condemning for the disobedient.

Have you ever thought, it’s dark out and no one can see what we are doing. Or have you wanted to make a hateful remark about someone and because you didn’t say it, you weren’t guilty. God sees. God knows. Most of all, God is forgiving and compassionate when we admit our sinful thoughts and behaviors and ask for forgiveness.

Father, we are thankful for Your presence in our lives 24/7. Because You know all, see all and are in all, You encourage us, empower us, and reveal Yourself to us. You also correct us when necessary. You are everything we need, wherever we are and whatever we are doing. You promised never to leave us or forsake us! Thank You, God.