Posts Tagged ‘psalms’

Our Omnipresent God

Friday, March 19th, 2010

We read in the Bible (Psalm 139) that God is omnipresent. He is literally everywhere that we could possibly go. The Psalm says that He fills all of the universe. At any moment and any place, God is there. Isn’t that amazing?! It’s hard to comprehend or to understand, but there is nowhere that we can go where God is not present.

Later, in Colossians we read that not only is God present everywhere in the universe, He is also present even in the smallest particle of matter. This goes even further to show His presence everywhere within His creation. We cannot find a place of a thing that does not have God’s presence.

There is no way the human mind can fully comprehend the fact that our God can be present everywhere at the same time. As humans, we are limited in both time and space, but God is not. Although I do not really understand how it is possible, I know that it is true.

Any time I call on Him, He hears my cry – and He does the same for each of His children. Someone once said, “When thousands of Christians are praying privately around the world at the same time, each one can be sure that he is receiving God’s undivided attention.”

At times when you feel alone, be assured that God is there. He stands beside you; He sees and knows all that you are going through. You are not alone. You are not forsaken. God is there. Let that be your courage, comfort and joy.

Father, thank you so very much for always being with me, regardless of the circumstance. Thank you that no matter where I go or how far I stray, I can know that You are right there. I love you and trust that Your presence will be a comforting factor throughout all of the situations that I face.

Dr. Ann Shorb is a professional counselor with CCES in Hanover, PA. She serves local clients through face-to-face counseling in the office, and others throughout the US can receive phone counseling. She provides a variety of services including pre-marital counseling and marriage counseling.

God Loves Each One Of Us

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

As you live your life day-by-day, there will probably be some times that you think your life really doesn’t make a difference. You may think that no one around you is being impacted by you and the things you do, and that no one would really notice if you were gone.

Surrounded by billions of people in this world, it’s easy to feel like we’re insignificant and that only the very few select people will really make a difference with their lives. Satan is happy when we feel this way. However, God loves each of us individually and has created us in His own image. He gave us unique talents and opportunities, and He loved each of us enough to send Jesus to die for our sins.

Walter Scott is credited with saying, “True love is the gift which God hath given to man alone beneath the heavens – true love.” Yes, God loves all of His creation as He showed when He looked at the things He had created each day and said “It is good, It is good;” until the sixth day when He created man, and he looked at man and He said, “It is VERY good.” You, my friend, are special in the eyes of God because you are His creation.

In the eighth chapter of Psalms we read David’s words, “O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is Your name in all the earth, You who set Your glory above the heavens!” Later in the Psalm David continues, “When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained, what is man, that You are mindful of him?”

David is just overwhelmed with the fact that in light of the WHOLE creation – moon, sun, stars – and he said God, and you are still mindful of man? You still care? But David is so excited about that. He says: “Lord, you have made him a little lower than the angels and have crowned him with glory and honor. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands and put all things under his feet – the sheep, the oxen, the beasts of the field, the fowl of the air, the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passes through the paths of the sea. Oh Lord, Our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth.”

David took a look around him and observed God’s wonderful creation. He realized how amazing and special it is that God cares enough about us that He put us over His creation.

In the 39th Psalm David writes that he has been fearfully and wonderfully made. Any time you are feeling down and like you don’t matter, remember that you are significant because you are a creation of the almighty God. He loves you and you matter to Him. We are all precious in His sight!

Dr. Ann Shorb is a counselor, writer, and speaker. Her company, CCES, offers counseling services in Hanover, Pennsylvania as well as teleChristian Christian telephone counseling for clients anywhere in the US.