The story is told of an atheist who one Sunday morning asked a little boy where he was going. The little boy responded that he was on his way to church. The man had his usual bag of tricks for the naive little boy. He said, “Son, I’ll give you a dollar if you can show me where God is.” The little boy thought about it and said, “Mister, I’ll give you a dollar if you can show me where he ain’t.”
Out of the mouth of babes. Indeed, God is everywhere.
Our text today is from Psalm 139:7-10.
“Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, Even there Your hand shall lead me, And Your right hand shall hold me.”
These words tell us that God is present in the highest heavens and the deepest depths of the earth. He is present in the morning and the night, in the north and the south, in the east and the west. There is no place where God is not.
God’s presence is a source of great comfort to us. He is always with us, no matter what we are going through. He knows our thoughts and our feelings, and he cares about us deeply. We can always turn to him for help and guidance.
God is present everywhere at the same time. The fancy word for that is “Omnipresence.” The omnipresence of God is a reminder of our own smallness. We are finite, limited by time and space. God is infinite. He is not bound by any limitations. We do not have to carry the weight of the world on our shoulders.
I leave you with three other verses which speak of God’s omnipresence.
* “For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry.” (Psalm 34:15)
* “The Lord is in every place; he hears all that is said.” (1 Kings 8:39)
* “For he is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.” (Deuteronomy 4:39)
He is always near us and with us. If we understand that, we will find comfort.
Lonnie Davis