He's there...

Psalm 139:8 says, "If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there." Just before that, this chapter says that He knows our most intimate thoughts and motives before we even get a chance to think or plan them.  It says He goes before us and He watches our back.

Verse 9 goes on to say that wherever I choose to dwell, He is there with me. Even if I dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, He is there.  After that, the chapter explains that even the darkness is light to the Lord.

Psalm 139 says that even though He can see our thoughts from afar, even though we may choose to make our lives a living hell, even though we may try to run far from Him... He is with us.  We cannot get away from Him.  No matter where we are, His hand will lead us... and His right hand will hold us. This is because of what it says in verse 17.... His thoughts toward His children are too many to count, and they are precious. 

There is so much more to the story... more about how to be a child of God, how to love Him and follow Him, and lay your life down before Him... there's so much about taking advantage of His presence while He is still available to us before it's too late. And the truth should be known that He will let us go like the prodigal son, if that is our choice...

But so many need to know, and I can always use a reminder, that no matter where you have made your bed... no matter where you have chosen to try and run from God... no matter what you have done... the Father still loves you, cherishes you, and protects you.  Look for the signs, watch for His protective ways, ask Him to show you His love.  He's there.  You may not see it now, but He's there... and He desires to help you...

God Himself says this in His own Word, a love letter written to you...

"Even there [wherever I go] Your hand shall lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me.  If I say, "Surely the darkness shall fall on me," even the night shall be light about me!  Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, but the night shines as the day!  The darkness and the light are both alike to You!" 

We make our own beds... even when we can't control the situation, we can control ourselves... and we make our own beds.  And sometimes the places where we choose to reside are not pretty.  But God has a way back to Him and back to His perfect will.  You haven't gone too far.  You haven't turned Him off.  His love is perfect, unconditional, and it never ends.  You can depend on Him!

So right now, just turn your thoughts to Him and begin to ask for His help.  Ask... then stop and listen... be ready to do what He says, because He's ready to show you the way home!