“Where’s the Baby?”
It was a game my daughter and I played when she was small enough to sit on my shoulders.
She’d peek around one side of my head…
I’d lean the other way…
And say…”Where’s the Baby?”
She’d giggle and lean around me again….
Knowing I’d look the opposite direction….
“Where’s the Baby?”
I knew where she was…
and she knew where I was…
Because she was with me and I was with her.
Sometimes God calls our name…
… the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” Genesis 3:9
But He always knows where we are…
Because God is always with us …
Everywhere…
…the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9
God is always with us …
Even when we run from Him…
Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. Psalm 139:7-10
God is always with us …
Even when we hide from Him…
… Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord. Jeremiah 23:23-24
Even when we leave Him…
Even when we forsake Him…
God is always with us …
“…Never will I leave you; Never will I forsake you…” Hebrews 13:5
God is always with us …
Because He loves us…
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. John 3:16-17
Note: A first version of this post appeared in October 2015
