PROMISE #122 - MAY 2
Promise #122:
There is no place you can go to escape My presence.
Psalm 139:7-10 (WEB)
7 Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence?
8 If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there!
9 If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10 Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.
Psalm 139 is one of my favorite psalms. In today's Scripture passage, King David declares that there is absolutely no place he can go to escape the presence of God. If he goes to heaven, God is there. If he even descends into the earth, God is there. David continues by saying that wherever he goes, the hand of the Lord will lead and hold him.
What an amazing promise! Wherever you go, God goes with you. The universe does not contain the Lord; the Lord contains the universe! In Acts 17:28, the Apostle Paul declares to the Greek philosophers that 'in him (God), we live and move and have our being.' The Godhead is closer to us than we could possibly imagine. For those of us who have received Christ, we are the temple of the Holy Spirit. God dwells within us and has established His kingdom there.
If you feel alone in this world or struggle to sense God's presence, take heart in today's promise. God is with you. He is always with you, for there is no place you can go to escape His loving presence!
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Responsive Prayer:
Father, thank you for your promise to never leave or forsake me through your indwelling Holy Spirit, who continually leads me in the way I should go. Help me to believe this truth today, no matter what comes my way, for in your beloved Son, I live and move and have my being.
In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen.
There is no place you can go to escape My presence.
Psalm 139:7-10 (WEB)
7 Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence?
8 If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there!
9 If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10 Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.
Psalm 139 is one of my favorite psalms. In today's Scripture passage, King David declares that there is absolutely no place he can go to escape the presence of God. If he goes to heaven, God is there. If he even descends into the earth, God is there. David continues by saying that wherever he goes, the hand of the Lord will lead and hold him.
What an amazing promise! Wherever you go, God goes with you. The universe does not contain the Lord; the Lord contains the universe! In Acts 17:28, the Apostle Paul declares to the Greek philosophers that 'in him (God), we live and move and have our being.' The Godhead is closer to us than we could possibly imagine. For those of us who have received Christ, we are the temple of the Holy Spirit. God dwells within us and has established His kingdom there.
If you feel alone in this world or struggle to sense God's presence, take heart in today's promise. God is with you. He is always with you, for there is no place you can go to escape His loving presence!
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Responsive Prayer:
Father, thank you for your promise to never leave or forsake me through your indwelling Holy Spirit, who continually leads me in the way I should go. Help me to believe this truth today, no matter what comes my way, for in your beloved Son, I live and move and have my being.
In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen.