The NIV 365 Day Devotional
He is Omnipresent
The active presence of God, both in places and in relationships, is one of the chief presuppositions running through Scripture. There is no place without God, no place beyond him (2Ch 6:18) and he is everywhere simultaneously (Eph 4:6). Yet God is not bound by, nor dependent upon, any place or anyone (Jer 23:23-24).
God’s universal presence encompasses all space—extending to every geographical location (Ps 33:18; 34:15; 121:1-8), creation (Ps 104), and all human affairs (Isa 40:21-23). This in no way suggests that he is immersed in his creation, as pantheism suggests. God is always distinct from his creation because he, as the Creator, brought all into existence (Ge 1:31). His relational presence is experienced only by believers. He indwells his children (1Co 6:19-20). In “taking up residence,” he establishes ownership, provision, love, workmanship, guidance, teaching and personal friendship (Ps 139).
Jesus reveals what God’s presence is like. In a created universe filled with energy and wonder, God’s passion was and is to have a relationship with every man and woman (Jn 1:1-18). God does not come and go in our lives—rather, we live and move and have our being in him (Ac 17:27-28; Php 1:6).
Taken from The NIV Woman’s Study Bible.