Charles H. Spurgeon on Psalms 139:6

Theme: the facts of our religion, too wonderful to understand, are just those in which we have most reason to rejoice.

1. Prove it. a) The incomprehensible attributes of God give unspeakable value to his promises. b) The Incarnation is at once the most complete and most endearing manifestation of God we possess, yet it is the most inexplicable. c) Redemption by the death of Christ is the highest guarantee of salvation we can conceive; but who can explain it? d) Inspiration makes the Bible the word of God, though none can give an account of its mode of operation in the minds of those "moved by the Holy Ghost." e) The resurrection of the body, and its glorification, satisfy the deepest yearning of our soul (Ro 8:23 2Co 5:2-4); but none can conceive the how.

2. Apply its lessons. a) Let us not stumble at doctrines simply because they are mysterious. b) Let us be thankful God has not kept back the great mysteries of our religion simply because there would be some offended at them. c) Let us readily receive all the joy which the mysteries bring, and calmly wait the light of heaven to make them better understood. —J.F.

Verses 7-10.

1. God is wherever I am. I fill but a small part of space; he fills all space.

2. He is wherever I shall be. He does not move with me, but I move in him. "In him we live, and move", etc.

3. God is wherever I could be. "If I ascend to heaven", etc. "If I descend to Sheol", etc. If I travel with the sunbeams to the most distant part of the earth, or heavens, or the sea, I shall be in thy hand. No mention is here made of annihilation, as though that were possible; which would be the only escape from the Divine Presence; for he is not the God of the dead, of the annihilated, in the Sadducean meaning of the word, but of the living. Man is always somewhere, and God is always everywhere. —G.R.