Keep Praying Part 5

Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike to thee. Psalm 139:7, 9, 12

  How awesome to think that our God is always right there! Wherever you have gone in life, whether purposely trying to run from God or just finding the path you have ignorantly taken has led you astray, you have not gone so far as to have lost the Lord. As you turn to Him, you will find Him nearby. Just because you can’t see Him, He always sees you! He only awaits your acknowledgement of Him, for He longs to be your help.

  Jonah tried his hardest to outrun God. He thought that somehow; he could get away from God and be “out of sight”, and therefore, “out of mind”. Thankfully, God was close when the prophet needed him most.

Jonah 1:17–2:10 Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. 1 Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish’s belly, 2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; Out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. 3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; And the floods compassed me about: All thy billows and thy waves passed over me. 4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. 5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: The depth closed me round about, The weeds were wrapped about my head. 6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The earth with her bars was about me for ever: Yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God. 7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: And my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. 8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. 9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord. 10 And the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

Turn to the Lord in Prayer – He is Always Present!