Tracking: The Holy Edition

Psalm 139:7–10
“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.”

God is with us.

That's amazingly comforting.

And, if we're being honest, a little scary too.

Why?

Because wherever we are...

He is.

We love talking about the presence of God when we're going through something.

When we're afraid:
“God is with me.”

When we're lonely:
“God is with me.”

When we're walking into something difficult:
“God is with me.”

When we don't know what we're going to do next:
“God is with me.”

And thank Jesus that He is.

But God's presence doesn't disappear when we're somewhere we probably shouldn't be.

He's there too.

Think about location sharing with your family.

You know how it works.

Somebody can pull up their phone and see exactly where you are.

At home.

At Target.

At work.

At somebody's house.

Sitting in a parking lot when you said you were “on your way.”

Consider God's presence tracking—the holy edition.

Except there is no turning His location services off.

God knows all.

God sees all.

And even when you “accidentally” leave your phone at home...

He still knows where you are.

Psalm 139 makes that abundantly clear.

David asks:

“Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?”

The answer?

Nowhere.

There isn't a hotel room where God can't find you.

There isn't a parked car He can't see inside.

There isn't somebody's house that falls outside of His coverage area.

There isn't a vacation destination where His location services suddenly stop working.

There isn't a DM He can't see.

There isn't a deleted text He didn't already read.

There isn't an incognito browser setting in heaven.

There isn't a secret relationship that is actually secret.

Hebrews 4:13 says:

“Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight.”

Nothing.

And before this starts sounding like God is sitting in heaven monitoring our every move waiting for an opportunity to punish us, that's not the point.

His presence is a gift.

The same God who sees us when we're doing wrong is the God who sees us when we're hurting.

He sees the tears nobody knows about.

He sees when we're mistreated.

He sees the battles we're fighting privately.

He sees us trying to resist temptation.

He sees us choosing obedience when nobody would have known if we hadn't.

There is incredible comfort in knowing that we are never outside of God's sight.

But there should also be conviction in it.

Because knowing God is always present should cause us to ask:

Would I be comfortable doing this if I could physically see Jesus standing beside me?

Would I send this picture?

Would I open this message?

Would I walk into this room?

Would I stay overnight?

Would I continue this conversation?

Would I touch them there?

Would I allow them to touch me there?

Would I watch this?

Would I keep scrolling?

Would I still call it harmless?

Because here's the thing:

Jesus is already there.

We sometimes behave as though our relationship with God remains at home while we go do what we want to do.

We'll leave church feeling convicted on Sunday...

and by Friday night, somehow we've forgotten that God has weekend access too.

But we cannot separate our sexuality from our relationship with Jesus.

WAIT isn't simply about avoiding intercourse.

It's about honoring God in the moments leading up to it too.

Where we go.

Who we're alone with.

What we entertain.

What we watch.

What we send.

What we allow.

What boundaries we maintain.

And what boundaries we conveniently move when temptation gets strong.

Sometimes the question isn't:

“How far is too far?”

Maybe the better question is:

“Is what I'm doing pleasing to God?”

That's a much harder question.

Because “How far can I go?” looks for the boundary.

“Is this pleasing to God?” looks for His heart.

There's a difference.

If we truly understand that God is with us everywhere we go, His presence shouldn't only make us feel protected.

It should make us want to live differently.

Not because we're terrified He's watching.

But because we love the One who is.

So the next time you're somewhere you know you probably shouldn't be...

Or doing something you're hoping nobody finds out about...

Remember:

Your location is still being shared.

Tracking: the holy edition.

And this one stays on.

May we always be found somewhere—and doing something—that pleases God.