God is Everywhere

The angel of the Lord found Hagar near a spring in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur. And he said, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?”
“I’m running away from my mistress Sarai,” she answered.Then the angel of the Lord told her, “Go back to your mistress and submit to her.”  The angel added, “I will increase your descendants so much that they will be too numerous to count.”
 The angel of the Lord also said to her:“You are now pregnant    and you will give birth to a son.
You shall name him Ishmael,
    for the Lord has heard of your misery. He will be a wild donkey of a man;    his hand will be against everyone    and everyone’s hand against him,and he will live in hostility    toward all his brothers.” She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.”  That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi; it is still there, between Kadesh and Bered. Genesis 16:7-14

 Some of us feel that we have done things in life that God will not forgive. Some of us may feel like we are in some situations right now that God will not meet us at.

I remember when I was little I knew that some people in my church had this belief that God didn't approve of the theatre. Because of this, they believed that if we, or they, chose to attend the movies that their guarding angel would stay behind and not enter in with them.

I'm sorry, but I think that this belief just messed up a lot of other believers. It not only was a false truth, but it gave this impression that God left us and wouldn't be there for us in times of trials (if the movies really are "trials"). But the truth is that God will never leave us. He promises that there is nowhere too dark and desolate that He won't enter in to save us or meet us. Just like Hagar's story above, God met her in a dark time and made her promises and showed her that He truly sees His people and loves us.

So, whether you've been in a dark place, or are stuck in one right now, there is nowhere that God will not come to you and show you His love.

Where can I go from your Spirit?    Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there;    if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn,    if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me,    your right hand will hold me fast.
Psalm 139:7-10

The Lord your God is with you,    the Mighty Warrior who saves.
He will take great delight in you;    in his love he will no longer rebuke you,
    but will rejoice over you with singing.Zephaniah 3:17