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An Omnipresent God

Hebrews 13:8 

“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever” 

Usually with these blogs I tend to write quite broadly: trying to speak and relate to pretty much everyone. However, today I wanted to speak to a particular type of person: a person who has trust issues. I’m not talking about having trust issues with people, although it would be very normal if this was the case, I’m talking about having trust issues with God. 

When I say trust issues with God, I’m not saying you reject his character or existence, but rather you are rejecting his nature of being Omnipresent. When we see this word being used it’s usually from a geographical perspective but very rarely is it talked about from a time perspective.  

Let me tell you a quick story about how God convicted me this week, and what influenced this blog today. I was walking back home physically, but in my mind, I was working overtime: stressing about my finances and budgeting. During that time, I just felt God say “Have I not provided? Am I not providing? And will I not provide?” 

In our lives it is very easy to forget what God has done for us, and in that it’s even easier to not associate that same God to our current circumstance. Recollection of God’s provision can sustain us with trust that he will show up for us again.  

The same God that can be everywhere at once, is the same God that was there in your past, is there in your present, and will be there in your future. There are no parameters to which God’s presence is excluded, and I think part of the reason why we may struggle to trust God is because we don’t hold on to that idea. Looking at the verse, we see that God is everlasting in his character, and we can have reassurance that he will be the same yesterday, today and forever.  

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