God Is There Too
September 28
God Is There Too
"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 right hand will hold me fast."
— Psalm 139:8-10
Today's Story
An astronaut who became a Christian after returning from space described the experience of seeing the earth from orbit: 'You expect to feel alone up there. What I felt instead was the impossibility of being alone. The vastness was not emptiness — it was fullness. Whatever I had thought was the edge of God's presence, it had been wrong. There was no edge. Even there, His hand was holding fast.' He came home with a different relationship to Psalm 139. 'I had read it as poetry before,' he said. 'I came home knowing it was geography.'
Reflection
Psalm 139:7-12 is a meditation on divine omnipresence — not as a theological abstraction but as a personal experience. The psalmist imagines every conceivable place of escape: the heavens, the depths, the dawn, the far sea, the darkness. In every direction, in every extreme — God is there. This is not an abstract comfort. It is the specific assurance that wherever you are right now — in whatever extreme of geography, experience, or circumstance — God's presence has preceded you. His hand was there before you arrived. His right hand holds you fast even now. You cannot go anywhere where He is not already there waiting.
Today's Prayer
Lord, there is nowhere I can go from Your presence. Whatever extreme I face — height, depth, distance, darkness — You are there. Your hand is holding me fast. Let that reality be my peace today. Amen.
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