Even There

 "Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into the heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me." Psalm 139:7-10

Our theme for our Bible Study this month was, "Never Alone."  The verses we read each and every day, reminded us that God is always with us; He will never leave us, nor will He forsake us.  I take comfort in His promise to always be near.

It seemed like our Pastor was preaching along the same theme these past few weeks.  I love that when that happens.  

Psalm 139 is a beautiful reminder of God's Omnipresence.  Here, David keeps imagining extreme places and situations to answer his hypothetical questions.

You know, sometimes fear and doubt will cause us to think that we are left alone, so we tend to pray, "Are you still there, God?"

And God answers, "Yes.  Even there."

I love those two words:  "Even there."

In verse 9, 'take the wings of the morning,' means 'to take flight.'  Another commentary expounded that if one would take flight as the speed of light.

Friend, we cannot outrun God.  We will never get to a place before God gets there.

He is already there.

And in comparison, to the skies, He knows that even in the utter-most, deepest, darkest parts of the sea, God is there.

Even there.

I love that!

I picture a little child in my mind, looking up into the face of their parent and asking the most serious question that is stemmed from the fear in their heart, and then the parent answering back with full assurance to give that child peace.  That is how those two words affected my heart.  I too, can look to my Heavenly Father and ask Him if he is here in the midst of my:

    battle with poor health-

    loneliness-

    heartache-

    doubts-

    fears-

You fill in the blank.  What are you struggling with today?  Ask God if He is there?

He will always answer, "Yes!  Even there!"

And not only will He be there with us, He is leading us in the way we should go and holding us with His right hand.

What a promise!

Thank you, God, for always going behind and before me...

    Thank You for leading and guiding me...

        For holding me with your right hand...

            And for always being, Even There!

                But that's just me!

"For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."  Romans 8:38-39