if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[250,250],'ministry_to_children_com-banner-1','ezslot_6',107,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-ministry_to_children_com-banner-1-0'); if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'ministry_to_children_com-large-leaderboard-2','ezslot_1',173,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-ministry_to_children_com-large-leaderboard-2-0');if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'ministry_to_children_com-large-leaderboard-2','ezslot_2',173,'0','1'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-ministry_to_children_com-large-leaderboard-2-0_1');.large-leaderboard-2-multi-173{border:none!important;display:block!important;float:none!important;line-height:0;margin-bottom:7px!important;margin-left:auto!important;margin-right:auto!important;margin-top:7px!important;max-width:100%!important;min-height:250px;padding:0;text-align:center!important}TEACH- GOD IS OMNIPRESENT: Start out by asking the kids where they are right now. Each of us needs to have a commitment to gather weekly for worship if they are in town; not enough of Gods people are serious about this commitment. Those who follow Christ will be welcomed into heaven for eternity upon death on this earth. (You might want to read John 14:16-20 and point out that if you are a follower of Jesus and have turned to Him for forgiveness that you are in Him and He is in God). He knows that God will judge evil men and punish them. But it is up to US to realize that He is with us, and to ACT like He is. John 3:36 says, He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon him. And the wrath of God is awesome beyond our understanding: Psalm 2:5 says that God will speak to them in His anger and terrify them in His fury., Psalm 90:11 says: Who understand the power of Your anger, and Your fury, according to the fear that is due You?, Jeremiah 10:10 says, At His wrath the earth quakes., Revelation 19:16 speaks of the fierce wrath of God the Almighty.. 139:1 - God has thoroughly searched/investigated your life.and He KNOWS you. God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are always and forever with us. But Gods view is limitless, transcending time and space. 5 Powerful Lessons from Psalm 139 about God's Wonderfulness NIV Study Bible, Copyright 1985, 1995, 2002, 2008, 2011, by Zondervan. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. Psalm 139 helps us to see ourselves and others through Gods perspective. 139 O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know when I sit and when I rise;you perceive my thoughts from afar. Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. Yet, I only carried my babies into this world. What must His wrath be, whose majesty is so awful, that no man could live in the sight of it! 2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You understand my thought from afar. This should be the prayer of every godly man and woman; and may the Lord help us to pray it more often. Quote: In comparing the omniscience and omnipresence of God, Matthew Henry expressed it like this: Those who go to hell are indeed separated from the glorious presence of the Lord, but there is a real sense in which they are not separated from God the sad fact is that they will experience the awesome, fiery presence of God in His wrath. Here Are 5 Lessons from Psalm 139 to Strengthen Your Heart: For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mothers womb. - Psalm 139:13. David said, Where can I go from Your Spirit? Modern technology, as amazing as it is, has yet to create a transparent womb. 4 before a word is on my tongue you, lord, know it completely. What Is the Difference Between Prophetic Words and the Word of God? 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Do I not fill the heavens and the earth? declares the Lord. He is near, Jeremiah says. We Are Not Alone! The journey of each human heart is unique, purposed, and intimately known by the One True God. Omnipresence means God. The psalmist David wrote extensively about God's omnipresence in Psalm 139:1-18. What is lacking is that we do not realize that He is here, and most of us do not ACT like He is here! (Now, too many have used this as a cheap excuse to do what Hebrews 10 says that we should NOT do: forsake the assembling of yourselves, as if the habit of some, but encouraging one another . II, p.880). 7Where can I go from Your Spirit?Or where can I flee from Your presence?8If I ascend to heaven, You are there;If I make my bed in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), behold, You are there. He is omnipresent. In the midst of daily life, Christians do well to remind themselves of the Good Shepherds knowledge and provision, wrote Jason Helopoulos for Ligonier, most of the doubts, anxieties, and fears that occupy the Christian soul can be attributed to a lack of trust in Christ as the Good Shepherd.. We have several upcoming trips, in fact, to what people might consider some pretty daunting places. Cant wait to continue our series of truths about God! Are you there? The Scriptures tell us that we never need to ask that question regarding the Living God: He IS here. He is everywhere! He tried to hide, but he could not hide from God. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. - Psalm 139:16. But we do that by FAITH! Thank His especially that through Jesus we can be in His presence forever. But because of this doctrine of Gods omnipresence, we can have the confidence that no matter where we go in this world, we need not fear; God is there. Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty! This Psalm 139 made me realize that wherever I am, God is always with me and that God has a perfect knowledge of me, and all my thoughts and actions are open before him. 13For You formed my innermost parts;You knit me [together] in my mothers womb.14I will give thanks and praise to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;Wonderful are Your works,And my soul knows it very well.15My frame was not hidden from You,When I was being formed in secret,And intricately and skillfully formed [as if embroidered with many colors] in the depths of the earth.16Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;And in Your book were all writtenThe days that were appointed for me,When as yet there was not one of them [even taking shape]. Or where can I flee from Your presence? Try Bible Gateway Plus free today! Though Author and Creator of the entire universe, and each of us, God is personally in touch with every single one of our lives! But it is not only heaven where Gods presence will be known for eternity. If only you, God, would slay the wicked! Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart; In the first eighteen verses of this psalm, the psalmist acknowledges that God knows everything that the psalmist ever does, no matter when or where he does it. Knowing God creates gratitude and praise for who He is and what He does for us. . Then, move in closer and ask Can you be here and be in the next room? Bless our enemies and search our hearts. Because of Jesus Christs sacrifice on the cross and resurrection from the dead, we are able to come freely to God through Christ. If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: When I awake, I am still with thee (13-18). Even devout Christ-followers gaze up to wonder where God is during tumultuous seasons. Even before there is a word on my tongue [still unspoken]. Psalm 139 is a psalm of prayer, meant to be sung in praise at worship services. God is impossible to escape from. This should give us comfort when we feel scared or alone to remember that God is always there. if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'ministry_to_children_com-leader-1','ezslot_3',109,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-ministry_to_children_com-leader-1-0'); Read thememory verse(Psalm 139:7) a few times together and each time you finish the verse yell NOWHERE! He is all-knowing and everywhere. We have each been intentionally set apart, different from the world. So much injustice, unfairness, tragedy and heartbreak surround everyday circumstances world-wide. 2023 Fortify Your Faith Foundation. (G)21Do I not hate those who hate You, O Lord?And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?22I hate them with perfect and utmost hatred;They have become my enemies. Psalm 139:5 Therein, David reflects on God's omniscience, omnipresence, omnipotence, and righteous judgement. We are known, loved, and never alone. Revelation 21:22 says there is no temple there, for the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb, are its temple. Verse 23 says: The city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine upon it, for the glory of God has illumined it. In the belly of the fish, God was with Him. It is a prophetic execution of what will happen at the last day when God casts all his enemies into the lake of fire (Revelation 20:15).. You will never see His face of love; you will only see the awful face of His wrath; wrath so great itcaused the Lord Jesus to sweat drops of blood in anticipation of facing the wrath of Godfor sin on the cross! Isaiah 43:2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they will not overflow you. Who we are is meant to bring reverence to God. (LogOut/ How to Get More Out of Your Bible Reading. Scripture advises to take our thoughts captive. Hopefully theyll say theyre in their classroom, at church, or theyll name your city or maybe someone will say that theyre on earth. If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me. Hes numbered our days. In the same way, when YOU walk through YOUR fiery furnaces of life, God is always there with you in that fire. Even when you walk through the valley of the shadow of death He will be with you! 6 such They are so closely related that where one is the other can be said to be also. Jesus Christ sits at the right hand of the Father in heaven, interceding for us. 3 You scrutinize my path and my lying down, And You are intimately acquainted with all my ways. We often default to a critical view of ourselves and others. He knows our words before we let them exit our mouths. Jesus calls us friends. If I say, Surely the darkness will hide meand the light will become night around me,even the darkness will not be dark to you;the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you. Sensibly, these verses are followed by: Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. My frame was not hidden from youwhen I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. But the night shines as bright as the day; You knit me [together] in my mothers womb. But who made them? Glory be to You for all You are and all You have made. Especially in todays society, as the world endures a global pandemic, isolation has become a reality we experience for long periods of time. The highest heaven cannot contain Him! Meg writes about everyday life within the love of Christ as a freelance writer, blogger atSunny&80, and author of Friends with Everyone, Friendship within the Love of Christ,Surface, Unlocking the Gift of Sensitivity,andGlory Up, The Everyday Pursuit of Praise,andHome, Finding Our Identity in Christ.She earned a Marketing/PR degree from Ashland University, but stepped out of the business world to stay at home and raise her two daughters which led her to pursue her passion to write. (C)9If I take the wings of the dawn,If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,10Even there Your hand will lead me,And Your right hand will take hold of me.11If I say, Surely the darkness will cover me,And the night will be the only light around me,12Even the darkness is not dark to You and conceals nothing from You,But the night shines as bright as the day;Darkness and light are alike to You.(D). (F)20For they speak against You wickedly,Your enemies take Your name in vain. God has perfect knowledge of us,Matthew Henry wrote, and all our thoughts and actions are open before him. We cannot control the thoughts popping into our minds all day long, every day. Amplified Bible (AMP). Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty! - Psalm 139:15. God was with them! Ask if they could be somewhere else right now at the same time as being here. He acknowledges that God formed his organs; he reflects upon how his Maker knitted him together; how the Lord embroidered him like an ornate rug; how the Creator saw his undeveloped form. He is omnipresent. A Psalm of David. Especially in todays society, as the world endures a global pandemic, isolation has become a reality we experience for long periods of time. 1 Lord, You have searched me and known me. Where can I flee from Your presence? but like Jonah there will be no place to hide. In the middle ages, Christian theologians had a saying: Gods center is everywhere; Gods circumference nowhere. In other words, He is just as much present in any place as He is any other place; nowhere do you find a limitation on the presence of God. All content appearing on this site is owned and maintained by the Fortify Your Faith Foundation, a tax-exempt, not-for-profit, religious corporation as defined under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Though Author and Creator of the entire universe, and each of us, God is personally in touch with every single one of our lives! Psalm 46:1 says: God is our refuge and strength; a very present help in time of need. I have nothing but hatred for them;I count them my enemies. Photo credit: GettyImages/krisanapongdetraphiphat, I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. - Psalm 139:14, We were made with purpose, to bring glory to God. The next line says, And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? The term grieved is parallel to the word hate.. Cover our lives with them like a blanket of comfort on a cold, dark night. It sings the omniscience and omnipresence of God, inferring from these the overflow of the powers of wickedness, Charles H. Spurgeons Treasury of David explains, since he who sees and hears the abominable deeds and words of the rebellions will surely deal with them according to his justice. Who God is, allows us to understand who and Whose, we are. Then, say something like, although were always in Gods presence now because God is everywhere, there is still something that separates us from God. There is nowhere that He is not. GOD IS EVERYWHERE! He still sees David. Your care and love for us is like nothing else. Its who You are, and we are Yours. Prayer is conversation with God, layered with all of these intricate levels which contribute to our relationship with God our Father. How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! He knows us, intimately better than we know ourselves! 139 1 O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. David realized that he was finite (v. 5), but God is infinite beyond comprehension (v. 6). God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are always and forever with us. What must the wrath of such a Being be, when it comes to the uttermost. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. Notice how in the next few verses "contrasts" are used to show the full extent of truths about God's omniscience and omnipresence. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit encompass the One True, Triune God. Savior, Jesus! If only you, God, would slay the wicked! Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Psalm 139: The Omnipresence Of God. In Psalm 16, David says: I have set the Lord continually before me. The truth is, the Lord IS continually with us; but we dont always ACT like He is. 23(AI)Search me, O God, and know my heart;(AJ)Try me and know my anxious thoughts;24And see if there be any [n](AK)hurtful way in me,And (AL)lead me in the (AM)everlasting way. Omniscience means that God is all-knowing, His knowledge is not limited. Can a man hide himself in hiding places, so I do not see him? declares the Lord. My frame was not hidden from thee, When I was made in secret, And curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. It is FAITH that pleases God, not sight; not experience as such! Even when we are out in society, masks and plastic barriers isolate us from each other. Yet, I only carried my babies into this world. If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea. It is His ever-presence which will make heaven what it will be. Other Translations of Psalm 139:1-2 King James Version God's Omnipresence and Omniscience. We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. religious corporation as defined under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. He is also a God of justice, and He is a God of wrath. Justas we saw earlier in Psalm 139, where it says darkness and light are alike to Thee, the fact of Gods omnipresencecan beboth a source of comfort and conviction. It is up to us to practice the presence of the Lord and consciously rely on Him by faith in those time. 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