- SHE. [only just noticing me] “When’d you get back?”
- ME. [confused] “I didn’t go anywhere.”
- SHE. “I thought you left for work.”
- ME. “Nope. It’s my day off.”
- SHE. “Well good; I have some chores for you to get done.”
Yep, that’s how my days off tend to go.
And y’know, that’s how our relationships with God tend to go. At some point we learned he’s
When we talk about God’s “presence,” we usually mean when we notice he’s here. Again, God hasn’t gone anywhere. But something made us aware—more aware than usual—he’s in the room. He did something, like empowered a miracle or gave a prophecy. We felt something,
More commonly, we pay attention to God’s presence because somebody simply reminded us he’s here. Like me, right now, with this article. Now you’re remembering God’s here, and paying a little more attention to his presence, aren’t ya? We’re
I bring this up because typical Christian behavior is to not notice God’s presence till something triggers us. We’re reacting to the knowledge of God’s presence: “Oh yeah, God’s around.” We briefly stop taking his ubiquity for granted.
But it passes, and we go right back to forgetting he’s here.
Well what if we didn’t go back to that?
Seriously. Because a lot of Christians try, and succeed, in constantly reminding themselves God is here. In constantly acting like God is here. In pretty much talking with him all the time, ’cause he is here all the time; it feels kinda rude to ignore him. (No, it’s not