Where Is God?

Where Is God?
James Moscardini

I. Introduction

A. Psalm 139:7-12 (NLT) ⁷“I can never escape from your Spirit. I can never get away from your presence! ⁸If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the place of the dead, you are there. ⁹If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans, ¹⁰even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me. ¹¹I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night—¹²but 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.”

B. Jeremiah 23:24 (NLT) “Can anyone hide from me in a secret place? Am I not everywhere in all the heavens and earth?” says the LORD.

II. How God’s Presence Benefits My Life

A. When I’m , God is my companion.

1. Psalm 25:16 (NIV) “Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.”

2. Hebrews 13:5b (NAS) “I WILL NEVER DESERT YOU, NOR WILL I EVER ABANDON YOU.”

3. Psalm 16:11b (NAS) “In Your presence is fullness of joy.”

B. When I’m , God is my confidence.

1. Isaiah 43:2 (NAS) “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you… When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched…”

2. Psalm 16:8-9 (NLT) ⁸“I know the LORD is always with me. …⁹My body rests in safety.”

3. Psalm 23:4 (NAS) “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death… You are with me.”

C. When I’m , God provides a way out.

1. 1 Corinthians 10:13 (NAS) “No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man… but with the temptation will provide the way of escape…”

2. Proverbs 15:3 (NAS) “The eyes of the LORD are in every place…”

D. When I’m , God is my comforter.

1. Psalm 34:18 (NAS) “The LORD is near to the brokenhearted…”

2. John 14:16 (NAS) “I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper…”

3. Psalm 116:8 (NLT) “He has saved me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.”

III. How to Walk in the Presence of the Lord

A. Completely your life to Jesus Christ.

B. yourself down.

1. Psalm 46:10a (KJV) “Be still, and know that I am God.”

C. to God about everything.

D. Develop the habit of .

1. Psalm 100:4 (NAS) “Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him, bless His name.”

IV. Conclusion