Presence in hot pursuit

Sharing this powerful and hopefully life changing word of encouragement from the Daily Devotion excerpt:  "Where Is God in the Darkness?"
by David Bowden, from "When God Isn't There"

Here is the part not to miss.  David says,

You may think that you have put too much distance between yourself and God over the years, but that is impossible. There is nowhere you can flee where God is not already present.

No matter how long it has been since you’ve pulled into the church parking lot. No matter how many times you’ve turned your back on Jesus. No matter how often you drop your cross to pick up old habits. No matter how far gone you think you are from God’s will. No matter how dark the night of your soul may be. You cannot run from heaven’s hound.

Your flight from God and His demand on your life is just as vain as Jonah’s flight to the ships sailing far from Nineveh. All your  life you may have thought it was you who was pursuing God, but all along it has been God pursuing you. So no matter how long it has been since you have looked toward the Father, no matter how absent you believe God is, neither the steps of your feet nor the sin of your life can move you one inch away from God’s love ... It may feel like absence now, but Presence is hot on your trail — even though it may come upon you like a storm.