Thrilled In His Presence

We sometimes use the word shadow to describe people who are constantly together.  This describes our oldest son, Danny, and his Granny.  Mr. Bill’s father passed away one month before Danny was born and [no doubt] the timing of his birth was a sweet balm to his grieving grandmother.  What developed was a Danny-Granny Duo of grand proportion!

 

The omnipresence of God is a wonder!  The psalmist wrote, “Where shall I go from Your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from Your Presence?” (Psalm 139:7).  David then considers the heights and depths, light and darkness, the abyss of the sea, and even  the secret place of a mother’s womb – concluding God is everywhere -- omnipresent.  Adam and Eve cleverly tried to hide from God in the Garden and Jonah's attempt at escaping God's Presence landed him at the center of the greatest fish tale of all time.  Recalling a particularly dark moment, Paul wrote of God’s abiding and effectual Presence:  “But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me.“ (2 Timothy 4:17).  None of us should forget some of Jesus’ last words before He returned to Heaven, “Lo, I am with you always even to the end of the earth.”  We can fill every inch of our days and still feel the gnaw at day's end.  King Solomon wrote "I have seen the task which God has given the sons of men with which to occupy themselves. He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart …." (Ecclesiastes 3:10-11).  It is the world that has captured our hearts, seizing our thoughts and cares so that we have little spirit to see and feel God's work and presence.  Know this: there is Divine Presence Who brings Divine Satisfaction!  Admit or not, God alone satisfies the eternity of man’s soul.  Yes, the omnipresent God is the One Who gives us songs in the night (Psalm 77:6), pleasures evermore (Psalm 16:11), joy unspeakable (1 Peter 1:8), and perfect peace (Isaiah 26:3).  "All that thrills my soul is Jesus - He is more than life to me - He's the fairest of ten thousand - In my blessed Lord I see."  Be thrilled in His Presence today!