What is your ‘even there’? Where are you at or where have you been where you think God’s Spirit cannot reach you or his justice too condemning that His love cannot enfold you? On the brink of divorce, facing ill health, struggling with addiction? The list is endless in this fallen world. David says in the verses leading up Psalm 139:10 above that basically wherever you go and whatever you do, you can’t escape God, “Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?” (Psalm 139:7).
Many times in life we find ourselves in places and situations where we feel estranged from God and couldn’t imagine Him being near by or ready to help in our time of need. And if you don’t know Jesus, you may have gone your whole life feeling He is far and distant, looking down from lofty heights to occasionally take note of one of His small creations and maybe make judgement.
I think it’s appropriate to remember that David who wrote the words of this psalm, under inspiration of the Holy Spirit had not led a perfect life and had even gone off the rails a bit at times. Entering written history as the shepherd boy. who defeated a gargantuan giant with one targeted shot of a sling, displaying the courage of a mighty warrior and the precision of a seasoned marksman fuelled by a heart solely dedicated to God, he later fell from his lofty position of giant-killer and king of Israel to adulterer and murderer. Like all of us David had his mountain top moments but also plummeted to the depths of despair through failures and trials. This same David was able to write in this Psalm what he had learnt through the highs and lows of life — that EVEN THERE he was not alone and in fact, if we will let Him, God will use the loneliness at the pinnacles of success and the depths of sickness and weakness to make Himself known. “If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.” (Psalm 139:8)
Where is your EVEN THERE? Could you believe that God’s Spirit is present right here, right now? You and I may struggle to ‘feel’ His presence in the far away, lonely places, but feelings aren’t facts and therefore are not the truth. The Truth is God’s Word and I encourage you — read this psalm and take it to heart for God is present and He’s thinking about you!
Let that sink in! God’s thoughts about YOU are more in number than the sand! Just think for a minute how many grains of sand you could cup in your hand, let alone the grains of sand in the whole world! So where ever your EVEN THERE finds you today remember — you can’t escape God’s presence (that’s a good thing!) and He is thinking a gazillion thoughts about you and me and constantly looking for ways to get your attention and reveal to you His indescribable love and redemption through Jesus!
“I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10)
(All Bible verses taken from the King James Version of the Bible). Article by Bronwyn Olson 2025.