Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. Psalm 139:7-10

One of the fundamental laws of physics is that nothing can be in two different places at the same time. It is also a fundamental law of physics that no two objects can occupy the same space at the same time. Those truths are so obvious that we just take them for granted.

But how mind-boggling it is to consider those physical laws and think about what David says in these verses from Psalm 139. Although you and I and every other living thing can only be in one place at a time, the LORD himself who created this universe in which we live is not bound by the physical laws he created. At this very moment, God is with you. At the same time he is with some believer on the other side of the world. He is up there on the planet Mars. He is miles beneath the surface of the ocean where the sun never shines. There is no place in all of creation where God himself is not.

We could try to fathom this mystery, but we would fail because it goes beyond our scientific reasoning. It is more important that we see what it means for us to have a God who is present everywhere.

If at any moment God is present at any given place, that means he was there the last time I sinned. Even though I can't see God, he was there and saw exactly what I did. No matter where I go today or what I do, God is already there. He will be an eyewitness of and a firsthand listener to everything I say and do. That's kind of a scary thought, isn't it? What if a parent or a police officer stood beside us 24 hours a day? We'd watch our steps and chose our words a little more closely and we'd be terrified of stepping out of line for fear that we'd get a slap on the wrist--or something more serious--right away. Isn't it even more terrifying to hear that God is everywhere and that I can't escape him, even though my sinful heart would like to get away from him so that I can sin without fear? That's impossible though. We're only kidding ourselves if we think can sin without the LORD being right there to witness the whole thing.

On the other hand, what a relief and a joy it is to know that our God who loves us and gave up his Son to save us is everywhere. Our Savior Jesus who was crucified as punishment for our sins and was raised to life because God forgives our sins is everywhere. That means no matter where I go, my gracious Father loves me and is watching over me. Even up in the highest heavens, David says, God is there. When you're up in the airplane looking down on God's earth, he is there too. If you're crawling through a cave or swimming underwater, God is there. Up or down, north or south, east or west, there is no place and no direction you can go where God is not. He's there to watch over you, to protect you and to see exactly what you're going through. He's there as your gracious, forgiving God who pardons your sins for the sake of our Savior Jesus. No matter where we are or how alone we feel, we are never truly alone. In the LORD we have a God is already everywhere we will ever go.