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. Psalm
139:7, 8 (NIV)
God is everywhere present at the same moment, whether it is in our timeline, dimensionally (Jn. 1:18), or existing outside of it transcendently (Is. 57:15). He is both within the universe and outside it. Omnipresence is one of those difficult perceptions of God’s Being, closer to how someone could have always existed. How is it possible? It is probable that in our coming glorified position as a royal priesthood (Rev 1:6, 5:10) we may have a greater understanding of such things.
Satan as a
created being cannot be everywhere at once. If he is spreading chaos in the
Middle East right now and wants to do so in America, he will have to move himself
to America. God is always everywhere present and never needs to relocate.
Always
running parallel to God’s omnipresence is His attribute of omniscience.
He sees all things and knows all things, even to what a person goes to great
lengths to hide. Jesus told Nicodemus people seek to do their evil deeds in
darkness, but God who is always present always sees everything thing done in
the darkness as in the light (John 3:19).
Christ consoles
us in our heavenly Father’s attribute of omniscience, reminding us that the
Father is presently aware of even the death of a single sparrow. It is a
reminder of how He always sees us, and how much more worth we are than many sparrows (Matt 10:29-31).
He is as
close as your skin, and more thoroughly through your body, soul, and mind than anyone
can be. Jesus says He is your completeness and will never forsake you
(Matt. 28:20, Heb. 13:5).
When He says,
“Do not be afraid,” He speaks with the greatest comfort and authority in time
and outside of it. Wherever you are, God is. He is the God of our time and understanding and the
Transcendent God beyond it, always aware and always there.
Maranatha,
Ken
