7 Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,”
12 even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you. NIV
Where can I flee from your presence?
8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,”
12 even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you. NIV
Why might someone want to try to get away from God’s Spirit?
Could someone ever be successful at getting away from God’s Spirit? Why or why not?
Take a moment to describe each location mentioned in verses 7-12. Try to find relevant examples of these “places” in your own life.
In verse 11, why might someone want to hide from God in the “darkness”?
In your opinion, does the writer of this psalm seem relieved or alarmed by God’s nearness and omnipresence? Why do you think so?
Which aspects of these verses seem comforting and which seem convicting?
::::: EQUIPPING CHALLENGE :::::
Considering that God wants to draw closer to you today, pray about both the comforting and convicting realities of God’s omnipresence.
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