Psalm 139:7 (VOICE) Can I go anywhere apart from Your Spirit? Is there anywhere I can go to escape Your watchful presence?
Beloved, I AM omnipresent. When Adam and Eve hid from Me in the garden and I asked them where they were (Genesis 3:8-9), do you think I truly did not know? Or was I in fact giving them opportunity to remember that I love them completely, and – no matter what they’d done – I still wanted connection with them?
Beloved, I wanted connection with them, and I want it with you. So resist the urge to hide from Me if you’re struggling with feelings of guilt or shame. Relationship with Me isn’t about perfection, but rather it’s about relationship itself – communication, interacting, a sharing of thoughts and ideas, dreaming together – all that and more.
Of course it’s good to do the best you can and make wise choices. But in the moments you fall short, refuse to take on the burden of guilt or shame and instead share that disappointment with Me. Rather than allowing it to separate us, allow it to draw us closer as I comfort you and encourage you. Be kind to yourself, and let Me be kind to you as well.
Psalm 139:1-7, 13-18 (VOICE) O Eternal One, You have explored my heart and know exactly who I am; You even know the small details like when I take a seat and when I stand up again. Even when I am far away, You know what I’m thinking. You observe my wanderings and my sleeping, my waking and my dreaming, and You know everything I do in more detail than even I know. You know what I’m going to say long before I say it. It is true, Eternal One, that You know everything and everyone. You have surrounded me on every side, behind me and before me, and You have placed Your hand gently on my shoulder. It is the most amazing feeling to know how deeply You know me, inside and out; the realization of it is so great that I cannot comprehend it. Can I go anywhere apart from Your Spirit? Is there anywhere I can go to escape Your watchful presence? For You shaped me, inside and out. You knitted me together in my mother’s womb long before I took my first breath. I will offer You my grateful heart, for I am Your unique creation, filled with wonder and awe. You have approached even the smallest details with excellence; Your works are wonderful; I carry this knowledge deep within my soul. You see all things; nothing about me was hidden from You As I took shape in secret, carefully crafted in the heart of the earth before I was born from its womb. You see all things; You saw me growing, changing in my mother’s womb; Every detail of my life was already written in Your book; You established the length of my life before I ever tasted the sweetness of it. Your thoughts and plans are treasures to me, O God! I cherish each and every one of them! How grand in scope! How many in number! If I could count each one of them, they would be more than all the grains of sand on earth. Their number is inconceivable! Even when I wake up, I am still near to You.