05/23/2018 EVERYWHERE
Psalms 139:7-10 Where can I go from YOUR SPIRIT? Where can I flee from YOUR presence? If I go up to the heavens, YOU are there; if I make my bed in the depths, YOU are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there YOUR hand will guide me, YOUR hand will hold me fast. [New International translation]
Matthew 28:20 [A]nd, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
Jeremiah 23: 23-24 Am I a GOD who is only in one place and cannot see what they are doing? Can anyone hide from me? Am I not everywhere in all heaven and earth? [Living Bible]
Definition: Omnipresence: The prefix “omni” comes from the Latin word “all.” So to say GOD is omnipresent is to say GOD is in all places or everywhere and at the same time.
Summary
Sometimes we forget about the Omnipresence of GOD---that GOD is everywhere. GOD’s Omnipresence can be a source of comfort and concern. In Matthew 28:20, JESUS comforts the disciple. After giving them their “marching orders,” their “mission,” or what is often called “The great commission,” HE then reassures them that they need not be afraid because HE would be with them ALWAYS. HE was promising to be their EMANUEL (which means “GOD is with us”) wherever they went---“even to the end of the world.”
David, who spent a period of his life fleeing from Saul, knew what it was like to try to hide. David also knew what it was like to try to hide something from GOD. When David tried to hide his sin of sleeping with another man’s wife (Bathsheba) and causing the death of Uriah, Bathsheba’s husband, David’s “cover up” never worked with GOD. GOD saw it all. When David was hiding from Saul and GOD protected David, GOD’s presence was a comfort. When David was convicted of his sin with Bathsheba by the Prophet Nathan, David knew then that nothing was hidden from GOD. While others may be fooled by our outward actions, we can hide nothing from GOD. The only way that David could “get right” with GOD was to confess his sins and repent from the depths of his heart.
As Jeremiah reminds us there is no hiding place. GOD is everywhere.