God sees everything you do, he knows your every thought, he knows what motivates you and he even knows what is up ahead for you. We often feel that God is far away from us, however, the fact is, you could not get away from God if you tried. You are always immersed in God’s infinite presence. Moreover, even when we shut him out relationally, he continues to pursue us. This truth can be comforting or discomforting depending on which direction you are facing. If you are facing God and seeking him then you can be comforted by the fact that he seeks you with greater zeal than you seek him. But if you have your back to God, so to speak, and are walking away from him then you have a problem. You would be defying the very God in whose presence you are immersed and whose power upholds your very life and being. If you continued to run from him then your culpability would grow with every step you take. Either the presence of God burns your conscience as you flee or warms your heart as you seek him. Worse still, of course, is that you feel nothing at all. I have felt the pain of a burning conscience as I strayed, and I am thankful that God pursued me as sternly as he did. I am so grateful that God’s determination to pursue me was greater than my determination to escape from him. I cannot get away from God and I am thankful for that. I am thankful for the misery I felt in my moments of waywardness. But I am most thankful for his constant grace in bringing me back.
Ask God to make you more conscious of his constant presence.
Read Psalm 139
