Dear Friends and Family, Psalm 139:7 - "Where can I go from your Spirit? Or where can I flee from your Presence?"
Our loving Father is always available to help us. But are we always seeking after His help? That is the key...seeking after Him. He is constantly seeking to bring us out of every circumstance that is hindering us from being blessed by Him. Let us now look at our lesson and learn not to hide from His watchful eye nor His loving arms.
Here God's omnipresence is the theme. Not that the psalmist wishes to get away from God or to avoid the power of the Holy Spirit in his life, but he asks this question to show that "no one can escape from the Lord".
We must be, whether we like it or not, as near to God as the soul is to the body. This makes sin very serious, for when we sin we offend the Almighty to His face and commit acts of treason at the very foot of His throne. We cannot flee from Him nor quietly withdraw from Him. His Spirit is over our spirit; we are ever in His presence.
Dense darkness cannot hide us from God. some foolishly choose night and darkness for sinful living, but it is impossible for any act to be hidden from the Lord; one might just as well transgress in broad daylight. A good person will not wish to be hidden by the darkness and a wise one will not expect it.
God is in all places at all times and nothing can be kept from His all-observing, all-comprehending mind. the Lord understands all time and space and yet is infinitely greater than these or anything else He has made.
THE LORD "OWNS" ALL OF OUR PARTS AND PASSIONS; HE NOT ONLY DWELLS WITHIN HIS PEOPLE BUT POSSESSES THEM AS HIS OWN. Before we had any cares, God cared for us. Before we saw the light of day, the Light of the World was with us; before we were born we were under the care and guardianship. And, beloved in Christ Jesus, we still are. Let us accept this fact today, quit trying to escape His loving care, and simply return to our first Love! He first loved us! What greater truth can be grasp than that this morning?
In the Love and Care of Jesus,
James Wesley
