May 22 - Psalm 139:8

May 22 - Psalm 139:8

If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. 

One thing distinguishing the Lord from other gods is that there is no limitation to his reach.  While lesser gods focus on one area of authority, the Lord God is everywhere. He isn't just a god of the sun or the sea, the winds or fertility.  He is nothing like Athena or Jupiter, Mars or Neptune.  He is the God of creation: omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent.

Even though He can’t abide in hell, His reach extends to the very depths as it does to the very heights of creation.

Through the next couple of verses, the Psalmist spells out the extent of the Lord’s presence.  The heights of heaven, the depths of hell … tomorrow we see him in the wings of dawn (the east), the far side of the sea (the west), the next day we’ll read of the darkness and light … all of these things portray God’s absolute sovereignty over all that He created.

No matter how high we soar or how low we fall, the Lord God is there.  We can be confident in that. We can relax in that. We can find comfort in that.  God is everywhere that we are. He was there before we got there and will be there long after we leave.