What great nation is there that has a God so near to it as is the Lord our God whenever we call on Him? (Deut 4:7). The knowledge of God’s omnipresence should also bring us comfort because He is always present to save and help us. Are you yielding to sin too easily? You need to meditate on the omnipresence of God. Do I not fill the heavens and the earth? declares the Lordthrough the prophet Jeremiah to every human being. Am I a God who is near, declares the Lord, and not a God far off? Can a man hide himself in hiding places, so I do not see him? declares the Lord. There is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do (Hebrews 4:13). “You are a God who sees”(Gen.16:13) is both a warning to the wicked and a comfort to the righteous. Knowing the omnipresence of God should change our behavior for the better. He is in all things, and over all things, yet different from all things, and not to be confused with any created thing, because He is infinitely exalted over all things. He is present in every human soul, giving it wisdom and understanding, endowing it with gifts, and working in it both to will and to do according to His good pleasure. He is present in every blade of grass, yet at the same time He is guiding giant Betelguese in its course, leading the stars as a host, and calling them all by name. He is everywhere present, everywhere imparting life. God is not only the Creator, but He is also the Sustainer of the universe. One day, if scientists are able to get to the smallest subatomic particles, beyond the atom, beyond the proton and electron, beyond the quark, and beyond what may be beyond the quark, perhaps they will find that the ultimate building blocks of the material universe are spiritual in nature. The universe does not operate by impersonal laws, but by the creative voice of the immanent and universal presence of the Word of God. The Word made all things and then the Word remained in the universe to uphold it and sustain it. Life is meaningless apart from the Spirit that inhabits it. It originated in spirit, and it flows out of spirit. The Holy Scriptures declare that the universe is ultimately spiritual in nature. Is it a material world running all by itself? Or is it spiritual and run by unseen powers? Does the stream of existence begin and end in itself? Is there a connection between spirit and matter? The belief that God is all present within His universe answers many of our deepest questions.
People of almost every culture and age have wondered what kind of universe we live in. If I take the wings of the dawn, if I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, even there Your hand will lead me (Psalm 139:7-10). Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to heaven, You are there if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. Where can I go from Your Spirit? asked King David.
Few truths are taught in the Scriptures with a greater clarity than the omnipresence of God. “God is over all things” wrote one ancient writer, “under all things outside all within but not enclosed without but not excluded above but not raised up below but not depressed wholly above, presiding wholly beneath, sustaining wholly within, filling. Rabbi Paul declared to the philosophers at Athens: In Him we live and move and have our being (Acts 17:28). God is our environment as water is to the fish and air is to the birds. In His infinitude He surrounds the finite creation and contains it. The Lord is infinite and He knows no limits. All other beings, including angels, are restricted to a given place at a given time. Material things occupy some part of space, but not all of it. The finite mind has a problem with the omnipresence of God. God is bigger than the universe, and beyond it, and yet at the same time He is “Immanuel” – God with us. The word “present” means “here,” “close to,” or “next to,” and the prefix “omni” means “all” and gives it universality.
Another aspect of the infinity of God regarding space is described by the omnipresence of God.
He is larger, greater, above and beyond the physical universe.
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