Psalm 139:7

"Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or
whither shall I flee from thy presence?"

Psalm 139 was written by one of the greatest men who ever lived. King David. David was a man that God declares, was a man after God's own heart (acts 13:22). In this Psalm, David gets right to the point. He says in a nutshell, God is everywhere and you can't run or hide from Him. It's rather comical if you think about the topic. Man trying to run from the one who created the whole of everything. The sad part is, man has been running from God since the fall in the garden. He has gone everywhere and tried everything and still, God pursues us with His unconditional love. We all at times, I believe, try to hide from God. Whether it's not doing what He has called us to do, or just plain not seeking him and going deeper in our relationship with Him. We have all sorts of excuses too. Life is so busy, the kids take up my time, work is crazy. The list goes on and on. The truth is, we don't want what God has for us because we are scared it will radically change our comfortable lives. That's the point!!!!! A true encounter with the living God should radically change our lives! He has not called us to be the same once we surrender our lives to Him. No, He has called us to be set apart. Holy unto Him, for His good pleasure. Someone said to me today in conversation, that people are afraid to be in ministry or to walk after God wholeheartedly , because they know they have to give up some good things as well as bad things. Things we enjoy sometimes have to take a back seat to serving Christ daily. It totally blew my mind. When was the last time I did that? People have such a wrong view of who God truly is. He is not some cosmic killjoy trying to put us in bondage and make our lives miserable. He is the one that is trying to set us free from all that. The world has twisted it up so that people fear the Lord in a bad way. We should fear the Lord in a good way. Stand in awe and amazement of who He is and what he has done. David realized that in this Psalm and went on to praise Him and seek Him in the rest of it. Running from God. It just doesn't make sense. All the while His nail pierced hand is outstretched trying to pull us in saying, " I love you and I have what is best for you. Come." I'll end with this. It was a lyric from a song I heard. It said this: " Lord, if you judged my sin, I would never stand again, but in your hands I see mercy." Our sin was already Judged on the cross. He paid for it in full. Now all we have to do is accept it and enter in to His rest.

Be blessed. Bob.