No Escaping Your Presence

I can never escape from your Spirit!
    I can never get away from your presence!
If I go up to heaven, you are there;
    if I go down to the grave, you are there.
If I ride the wings of the morning,
    if I dwell by the farthest oceans,
even there your hand will guide me,
    and your strength will support me.

—Psalm 139:7-10 (NLT)

Omnipresent LORD,

Thank You that no matter where I wander, You are already there waiting for me—just as You have always been—holding within Yourself everything that I will ever need and making it freely available to me, if I will only turn and seek You with my whole heart.

Never let me forget that though I cannot see You—and though I may not always sense Your Spirit with me—You never leave me, but rather are constantly and compassionately watching over me according to Your unfailing love for me.

When, in my foolishness, I have gone my own way and feel like I am far from where You are, help me to remember that I only need to look for You and that, in calling out for You, I will find that You are right there with me—having never left my side, having never let go of my hand—ready to forgive me and restore me to fellowship with You once again.

May the knowledge of Your constant presence with me create within me the courage to faithfully follow wherever Your Spirit might take me—trusting that Your hand will guide me and Your strength will support me, no matter where Your perfect path for me may lead.

Thank You that no matter where I wander, You are already there waiting for me—just as You have always been—holding within Yourself everything that I will ever need and making it freely available to me, if I will only turn and seek You with my whole heart.

In the name of Jesus, Amen.