Becoming a theologian: God's omnipresence

Today, we will be looking at God's omnipresence. The definition we looked at last week was God does not have size or spatial dimensions and is present at every point of space with His whole being, yet God acts differently in different places.

⁷ Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? ⁸ If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. ⁹ If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, ¹⁰ even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.

Psalm 139:7-10

• God is everywhere.
• You cannot hide from him. The Psalmist tried to hide from God, but everywhere he went, God was there. Adam and Eve tried to hide from God, but they couldn't, because He was there.
• If God is everywhere, then we can still trust Him no matter where we go.
• If God is everywhere, then no matter where we are, we can pray to God and know that He will hear us.
• God does not have spatial dimensions.
• You cannot measure God.
• You cannot put God in a box, no matter how big the box is.
• The biggest problem you have, God is bigger.
• The biggest fear you have, God is bigger.
• God acts differently in different places of His creation.
• Some times and places, God is present to punish. If people are unrepentently sinning, God may be there to bring punishment to them.
• Some times and places, God is present to sustain.
• When Noah and his family were in the ark, God sustained them. They weren't able to work to grow food and God sustained them.
• In heaven, God is present to be worshipped.
• God is present with you to bless you and guide you.
• What aspect of God's omnipresence is most important to you?
• Do you feel blessed that God is everywhere?