Reading: Jeremiah 19 - 23
My Verse: "Am I a God at hand,
declares the LORD,
and not a God far away?
Can a man hide himself in secret places
so that I cannot see him?
declares the LORD.
Do I not fill heaven and earth?
declares the LORD" (Jeremiah 23:23,24).
You, LORD God are omnipresent! And this can be either very comforting or very disconcerting to me! You are always close by me.
I like the question, "Can a man hide . . .?" So many want to. So many try to. Sadly even adults do this - hiding away to do that which they know is wrong, that which needs to be hidden. Closing and locking doors, shutting out the lights, then lying to cover up, living in pretense that all is well by lying but always with a fear they will be found out. Yet, You LORD God cannot be locked out of a room, darkness is as nothing to You.
"Do I not fill heaven and earth?" You are everywhere - there is no place to hide. David says it best in Psalm 139.
"O LORD, you have searched me and known me!
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from afar.
You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O LORD, you know it altogether.
You hem me in, behind and before,
and lay your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is high; I cannot attain it.
Where shall I go from your Spirit?
Or where shall I flee from your presence?
I I ascend to heaven, your are there!
If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me.
If I say "Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light about me be night,"
even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is bright as the day,
for darkness is as light with you."
Yes, LORD God, this is a most wonderful truth! It is a truth that is beyond my ability to fully grasp.
I can only be thankful that You are a God that is never far away! Help me today to lean in and let that truth embrace me!
Ditat Deus - God Enriches!
My Verse: "Am I a God at hand,
declares the LORD,
and not a God far away?
Can a man hide himself in secret places
so that I cannot see him?
declares the LORD.
Do I not fill heaven and earth?
declares the LORD" (Jeremiah 23:23,24).
You, LORD God are omnipresent! And this can be either very comforting or very disconcerting to me! You are always close by me.
I like the question, "Can a man hide . . .?" So many want to. So many try to. Sadly even adults do this - hiding away to do that which they know is wrong, that which needs to be hidden. Closing and locking doors, shutting out the lights, then lying to cover up, living in pretense that all is well by lying but always with a fear they will be found out. Yet, You LORD God cannot be locked out of a room, darkness is as nothing to You.
"Do I not fill heaven and earth?" You are everywhere - there is no place to hide. David says it best in Psalm 139.
"O LORD, you have searched me and known me!
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from afar.
You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O LORD, you know it altogether.
You hem me in, behind and before,
and lay your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is high; I cannot attain it.
Where shall I go from your Spirit?
Or where shall I flee from your presence?
I I ascend to heaven, your are there!
If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me.
If I say "Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light about me be night,"
even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is bright as the day,
for darkness is as light with you."
Yes, LORD God, this is a most wonderful truth! It is a truth that is beyond my ability to fully grasp.
I can only be thankful that You are a God that is never far away! Help me today to lean in and let that truth embrace me!
Ditat Deus - God Enriches!
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