The Case for God’s Involvement Part One: Always with Us

Background Passage: Psalm 139:7-10
Today’s Focal Passage: Psalm 139:7-10

7 Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
8 If I go up to heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.
9 If I live at the eastern horizon or settle at the western limits,
10 even there Your hand will lead me; Your right hand will hold on to me.

Hide and Seek

Playing Hide and Seek with your kids is one of the great joys in life. First of all, it is just fun to play with your kids. What makes the game so much fun, though, is when your kids try to hide in a place that is so obvious. They think you can’t see them and you play along as if you can’t see them—while all along you know exactly where they are at. In reality, especially when your kids are young, there is not any place they can hide that you can’t find them.

I remember one special occasion in which my son and I were playing Hide and Seek. When it was his turn to hide, he took off like a flash. I must admit, he really did have a good hiding place—except for the fact that his feet were sticking out from under the drapes! After looking for him for several minutes, I came about the corner and saw his feet. I burst out laughing and found myself rolling on the floor—all the while my son maintained his hiding place.

There is a spiritual analogy there too. We often think we can find a place where we can “hide” from God. The reality, however, is that there is no place that we can ever go that will be outside of the presence of God. He is everywhere we go, every where we might go, and everywhere we would even think of going. That is what it means when we say God is omnipresent—He is everywhere. God is also omniscient, which means He knows everything, so we can’t go anyplace that He would not know that we are there—and since He is omnipresent, He is already there anyway. (OK—that will make your head hurt.)

One of the things that we like about the game Hide and Seek is that we will always be found. (Think about it—would you enjoy the game if nobody ever found you or if they gave up looking for you?)