You Can't Leave Home Without Him

[Chad]

You Can't Leave Home Without Him


Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?
Psalm 139:7


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[TD]Recommended Reading Jeremiah 23:23-24 [/TD]
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A famous consumer credit company's advertising campaign, beginning in 1975, used the tagline, "Don't Leave Home Without Them" for 25 years -- referring to the company's travelers checks. When the credit card replaced travelers checks, the phrase was changed slightly to say, "Don't Leave Home Without It" -- referring to the plastic credit card that replaced checks for travelers.

You might leave home today without a credit card in your pocket, but there is one thing you can never leave home without: the presence of God. The psalmist David wrote an entire psalm (Psalm 139) about the fact that God was always with Him. And the prophet Jonah discovered he couldn't escape God even when he tried. If you can't escape God's presence that means you can't escape God's love either -- because God is love (1 John 4:8, 16). Some people think their sins or failings have put them far away from the reach of God and His love, but that is never true. God and His love are always with you.

God is no further from you on your worst day than He is on your best day. Just open your heart to receive Him and His love.

We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade, the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him.
C. S. Lewis

Read-thru-the-Bible
Mark 15:1 -- Luke 1:38

 

[dannibear]

We are limited in many things. I myself am limited in patience, wisdom, and at times, faith. This is why I need His spirit with me at all times, to fill me up and to be the strength when I am weak. Thanks for this devotional!