Since God is with us—everywhere—we can have confidence regardless of the circumstances.

There is no place we can go where God is not.

This is a comfort, but for me, it also comes with conviction.

There is no place we can go where God is not.

When stress causes me to feel like God has forgotten me,

when anxiety compels me to worry,

When temptation presses me to hide my face,

I remember.

There is no place we can go where God is not.

This is comfort—sometimes conviction—but ultimately a reminder that I am connected.

There is no place we can go where God is not.

In strength or in weakness, in success or in failure—whether up, down, sideways, or backwards—God is present—grace is present.

There is no place we can go where God is not.

This grace challenges and convicts, comforts and chastens, consoles and checks us.

This grace calls us and comes after us relentlessly—and this is Good News!

The Psalm writer says it like this…

⁴ For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.

⁵ Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

⁶ Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

⁷ Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

⁸ If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

⁹ If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

¹⁰ Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

¹¹ If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

¹² Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

Psalm 139:4-12

Say it with me:

“There is no place I can go where God is not.”

Good morning. I love you all.

ihs,

just adam