Psalm 139:7-10 - God is Omnipresence.
Psalm 139:7-12 (NKJV) Where can I go from
Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your
presence? 8 If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If
I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.
9 If I take the wings of the morning, And
dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, 10 Even
there Your hand shall lead me, And Your right hand
shall hold me. 11 If I say, "Surely the darkness
shall fall on me," Even the night shall be light
about me; 12 Indeed, the darkness shall not hide
from You, But the night shines as the day; The
darkness and the light are both alike to You.
WORD STUDY
Omnipresence. An attribute of God alone, by
which is meant that God is free from the laws or
limitations of space (see Psalm 139:7-10; Jeremiah
23:23-24; Hebrews 1:3; Acts 17:27-28; etc.). It is
essential to the right conception of God in this
respect that we avoid all materialistic notions of
His presence that confuse God with everything
and thus lead to pantheism. God is Spirit, and
His infinite presence is to be regarded in the
dynamical sense rather than in the sense of a
substance infinitely extended. He is distinct from all
His works while His power and intelligence and
goodness embrace and penetrate them all. New Unger's
Bible Dictionary.
COMMENTARY PEARL
The Comfort of Gods Presence
When the king of Babylon decreed that
everyone must bow down and worship a gold image,
there were three Hebrew teenagers who refused.
Being good Jewish boys, Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego did not want to break Gods commandments.
So, while everyone else in the kingdom
lay prostrate before the image, there stood
these three rebellious teenagers. And as a result
of their defiance, the king had them cast into
a blazing furnace. It was so hot, in fact,
that it killed the men who put them there.
But then the king made an interesting
observation. He said, Didnt we tie up three men and
throw them into the furnace? I see four men,
unbound, walking around in the fire unharmed! And the
fourth looks like a god! (Daniel 3:24-25 NLT).
The Son of God was walking with Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego in that fire.
The psalmist David wrote, I can never
escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from
your presence! If I go up to heaven, you are
there; if I go down to the grave, you are there. If
I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by
the farthest oceans, even there your hand will
guide me, and your strength will support me
(Psalm 139:7-10 NLT).
Not only is God all-knowing, or
omniscient, but He is also omnipresent, which means that
He is present everywhere. No matter where we
go, He will be there.
God promised, When you go through deep
waters, I will be with you. When you go through
rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you
walk through the fire of oppression, you will not
be burned up; the flames will not consume
you (Isaiah 43:2 NLT).
When we go through times of difficulty,
when we must weather lifes storms, He is
there. [Greg Laurie from Harvest Ministries;
https://www.harvestdaily.com re Psalm 139:5]
CLOSING THOUGHT
God Is Enough
God uses common people for uncommon
works. Gideon, for example, was a simple sodbuster,
yet God turned this farmer into a leader and
used him to protect Israel. With only three
hundred men, Gideon defeated the mighty Midianite
army (Judges 7:1-25).
In this victory, Gideon learned what God
wants us to learn: all we need is the presence of
God. He is enough. His presence tilts the scales
in our favor.
The same God who was with Gideon is right
beside you. The two-dollar theological term for
this is omnipresence. Omni is the Latin prefix
for all." God's presence is all-encompassing.
Don't apply earthly physics to him. He does not
have size or spatial limitation. He is present in
every point of space with his whole being.
Which means, he is with you as you face
your armies. With you as you are wheeled into
surgery. With you as you enter the cemetery. With
you, always. [You Can Count On God by Max
Lucado]
LINKS FOR FURTHER STUDY
Psalm 139:7-12 - God Is Omnipresence.
http://www.abible.com/devotions/2022/20221127-0840.html
Psalm 139:7-12 - Awesome Attributes of God!
Part Two " OMNIPRESENCE
http://www.abible.com/devotions/2018/20180722-1304.html
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