APR 10

Acts 17:22-32
Memorise Acts 17:27
“…though he be not far from every one of us”

Sometimes in deepest trials or when terrible things happen, some might think that God is far away in heaven, thus seeking Him is futile if He does not care about what is happening to each of them.

Nothing could be further from the truth, as Apostle Paul points out in Acts 17:27 “That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us”. God has given much physical evidence in this world to attest to His presence; one needs only to look at the stars at night and the beauty of creation to realise that there is a Creator. He desires that mankind may seek Him. Like the loving father of the prodigal son, He stands by the gate and constantly waits for us to turn to Him in faith and repentance. Sadly only some of those searching will find Him. The phrase “feel after him” has the sense of groping in the dark. Many people claim to be seeking for the meaning of life, and try to find their god, but they never find it, for they are looking at the wrong place, like the heathens in Athens who were worshipping the ‘unknown god’.

God’s assurance is that He has never been far from each of us, His creatures. It is only our misconceptions that delude us into thinking that He is far away; but in reality, He is always near, to the extent of knowing the very hairs on your head. Do not reduce God to a finite being that dwells only in a certain place (1 Kings 8:27). The omnipresence of God means that everywhere is in the presence of God (Psalm 139), and that includes each and every one of us. Believers know by faith that Christ dwells within us. The question then is whether we seek Him though He is so near. Do you?

Thought: How guilty I have been to limit God’s presence!
Prayer: Lord, I praise Thee for being our omnipresent God!