No matter where I go, God is there. In the joy of my most blessed days, in the pain of my darkest moments, He is with me. I'm loving this scripture because it paints a beautiful comforting picture of me. When I am happy, I know full well that God is with me. But when I am broken, I find that God is there too. The NKJV version says, " If I make my bed in hell, BEHOLD, You are there." As if the psalmist is surprised, like me, that God is in the dark places too.
And at the end of this passage, we learn that God sees in the darkness as if in the light. How glorious to know that God sees me, and knows where I am, even when I can't see a thing, "even the darkness is not dark to You. And the night is as bright as the day."
Read the psalm, and remember what a powerful and loving God we serve!
Psalm 139 (NLV)
"God Cares for His People
O Lord, You have looked through me and have known me. 2 You know when I sit down and when I get up. You understand my thoughts from far away. 3 You look over my path and my lying down. You know all my ways very well. 4 Even before I speak a word, O Lord, You know it all. 5 You have closed me in from behind and in front. And You have laid Your hand upon me. 6 All You know is too great for me. It is too much for me to understand.
7 Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I run away from where You are? 8 If I go up to heaven, You are there! If I make my bed in the place of the dead, You are there! 9 If I take the wings of the morning or live in the farthest part of the sea, 10 even there Your hand will lead me and Your right hand will hold me. 11 If I say, “For sure the darkness will cover me and the light around me will be night,” 12 even the darkness is not dark to You. And the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are the same to You."
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