Who Is God? (Part 10): He Is Omnipresent

God is everywhere. God is close. God is in heaven, and yes, God is in hell judging men and women (Deuteronomy 4:39). God’s presence has no limits. God is omnipresent. God is and God is here.

Defining the word “omnipresence” is not too difficult. It comes from 2 Latin words: “omni” which means “universal” and “present” which means “here, close to, next to.” Thus, it means universal presence; a synonym could be “everywhere at all times.”

God is present Christologically, which means He is present in the Person of Christ (Matthew 1:23; John 1:1, 14). God is present in the indwelling of the Holy Spirit (John 14:16-17). God’s presence can be perceived in our daily lives (Acts 11:21).

Why does this matter?

A.W. Tozer explains in The Knowledge of the Holy: “The certainty that God is always near us, present in all parts of His world, closer to us than our thoughts, should maintain us in a state of high moral happiness most of the time….The knowledge that we are never alone calms the troubled seas of our lives and speaks peace to our souls.” (pg. 76)