What does it mean to be in the presence of God?
Is he not always with us?
Have you ever seen a room light up the moment a famous person enters it? Their magnetism has something intangible but very real. Their larger-than-life persona mysteriously charges at you, perhaps even changes you and makes you want to capture even a momentary smile from them.
This is an inadequate picture of what it sometimes (not always) feels like to be in the presence of God.
“The most common term in Hebrew for ‘presence’ is panim, which is also translated as ‘face,’ implying a close, personal encounter with the Lord,” according to Baker’s Bible Dictionary. An example of the Hebrew panim is in Genesis 3:8. In the New Testament, the Greek words prosopon and enopion are similar in meaning.
Here are six truths about the presence of God taught in the scriptures.
The presence of God is everywhere.
This is sometimes called God omnipresence. In Psalms 139:7-12, David says that God is already everywhere we might go in this life and the next. The prophet Jeremiah (23:23-24) goes on to say that God fills the heavens and the earth. This amazing truth is based on the fact that the Lord God created the entire universe and is so much greater than the heavens and the earth. The universe is just a little drop of dew or a tiny white wildflower.
God is both massive and powerful before all creation (Deuteronomy 10:17, Jeremiah 32:17) and is intimately aware of and concerned with his creation (Jeremiah 1:5, Luke 12:7).
God’s presence fills the heavens
He fills heaven with His infinite and eternal glory, majestic power, dominion, holiness and love. The angels of heaven stand before him with fear, adoration and joy. The same goes for believers, from Adam to Eve, to loved ones who have recently gone to be with the Lord. We never pray to them, but they continue to pray to God (Revelation 5:8, 5:13, 6:9-11, 7:9-10 and 8:3-4). Additionally, God the Father loves to hear the sincere prayers of Jesus Christ (Romans 8:34, Hebrews 7:25, and 1 John 2:1) and the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:26-27).
God’s presence also fills the earth.
We hear this from the Lord Himself in Numbers 14:21, from David in Psalm 8:1, from the seraphim in Isaiah 6:3, and again from the Lord in both Isaiah 11:9 and Habakkuk 2:14.
The presence of God settles in every Christian.
In fact, Romans 8:9 and other scriptures teach that if theSpirit of God is not in you, you are not yet a Christian. Why wait? Find out how to become a Christian today! Christians have the promise of God’s constant presence, even when we do not feel it (Matthew 28:20, John 14:16).
God can reveal His presence to anyone in any way He chooses.
He proved it with Moses (burning bush) and Aaron (aspiring staff). He proved this with Elijah in different ways (1 Kings 19:9-18). He also proved it by sending an angel to the Roman centurion Cornelius (Acts 10–11). Finally, He proved it by sending His own Son, Jesus Christ.
This truth is why there are countless tens of thousands of reports of God appearing to people around the world today, usually in their dreams. While God commands us to proclaim the Gospel of the Good News of Jesus Christ to all people in all nations, God has not tied His hands. Instead, he is winning people to Jesus Christ every day in every country on the planet. He ensures that the marriage supper of the Lamb will be an unbelievable joy.
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