God of all places

Psalm 139:7-12 tells us that there’s nowhere that God is not. From the loftiest cathedral to the darkest alley, in Hell and its grimiest details, in Heaven and its splendor, in the highest of highs, and in the lowest of lows, in the dark places, the seedy, the painful, the violent, and the seemingly long-forgotten; God is there. The pristine, the untouchable, the flawless, and the regimented; God is there. From the pounding depths of the deepest sea to the highest soaring and airless heights above; God is there.

For those of us who are in Christ, this is really good news. You’ll never drift so far away that God’s presence isn’t already there. God is already in the place that seems too awful for anything good to be. God is there and has been waiting to receive you when you turn to him. There is no place so foul that God has not pursued us into it, and there is no place so exclusive that you are not welcomed there. Jesus has gone before you and prepared a place for you. In your entire life, you will never find a place where you are not preceded by God’s love for you.

What places seem like places where God is near to you? Where are the places that it seems like God is far away or absent?


Psalm 139:7-12