Everywhere
Saturday night I caught a commercial for Cingular wireless. A teenager goes about her day with her dad tagging along everywhere she goes. In one particular moment in the commercial, she is riding on the back of a motorcycle with some guy driving...and so is her dad; three people on the motorcycle at once.
Then the teenage girl looks at the camera and says, "Dad, since you want to be around me all the time, now you can." Cue the introduction of Cingular's latest product.
The commercial immediately reminded me of God's desire, our Heavenly Father's desire, to be around us all the time. David writes in Psalm 139,
"O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit down and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar...you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O Lord. You hem me in--behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?"
We can choose either to be bothered by our Father's presence or be glad for his painstaking care and concern for our welfare. If we find ourselves bothered, we must ask why. Are we acting in ways contrary to God's desire? Are we trying to hide sin? Are we feeling confined? Why?
For me, I am grateful for my Abba's care for my life (Abba's the Aramaic word for Father that Jesus used for God the Father. The Spirit allows us to use it as well as followers of Jesus. Literally it means, 'Dad') I am grateful for his partnership in my life. I never go anywhere alone. I simply open my eyes to the reality of God's presence in my life.
"Abba, since you want to be everywhere I am, now you can..."
Then the teenage girl looks at the camera and says, "Dad, since you want to be around me all the time, now you can." Cue the introduction of Cingular's latest product.
The commercial immediately reminded me of God's desire, our Heavenly Father's desire, to be around us all the time. David writes in Psalm 139,
"O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit down and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar...you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O Lord. You hem me in--behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?"
We can choose either to be bothered by our Father's presence or be glad for his painstaking care and concern for our welfare. If we find ourselves bothered, we must ask why. Are we acting in ways contrary to God's desire? Are we trying to hide sin? Are we feeling confined? Why?
For me, I am grateful for my Abba's care for my life (Abba's the Aramaic word for Father that Jesus used for God the Father. The Spirit allows us to use it as well as followers of Jesus. Literally it means, 'Dad') I am grateful for his partnership in my life. I never go anywhere alone. I simply open my eyes to the reality of God's presence in my life.
"Abba, since you want to be everywhere I am, now you can..."
posted by Mike Weaver at 12:30 PM
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