Our scripture this morning is Psalms 139:9-12 (NLT).
If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans, even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me. I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night— but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you.
David tells us of God’s omnipresence, that He is with us no matter what, no matter where. As Adam and Eve found after the fall, there is no hiding from the Lord. David recognizes this fact and sings “even in darkness I cannot hide from You.”
Sometimes our choices and situations may make us want to hide what has happened. God already knows and nothing we do can keep the facts from Him. God wants us to know our wrongdoing and admit it so that we can be forgiven and return to the relationship with Him for which we were created.
We have always had a hard time admitting we have sinned. Like Adam and Eve we often run from God in our shame, but as David explains here, there is nowhere to hide. God wants to restore us and return us to the work He has called us to do. We are not perfect, but we have seen it in the example of Jesus and through His love, we can be saved.
Gracious God, in Your mercy You sent Your Son to save us from ourselves. Forgive us we pray, and bless us to go in Your name to all the world. Amen.
