OMG - Jesus

Do you know Him?

God came to earth as a man, Jesus!
  • About OMG
  • Key Truths …in the Bible
  • Key Verses …in the Bible
You are here: Home / God / God Is Not Distant

God Is Not Distant

February 13, 2017 by Keith Swift 2 Comments

“And the Lord will watch over your coming and going
both now and forevermore”
– Psalm 121:8  NIV


God is not some far away, distant-from-you, dis-concerned bubble of energy, inside some aura of mist on a mysterious planet far far away in a different galaxy.  Star Trek might lead one to believe that! 

But the Bible says that Creator God created us to walk and talk with us, to commune with us, like He did with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:8).

The Creator of all that is – really cares about us.  He did not speak us into existence and then walk away!  He has plans for us, great plans!  He made those mysterious planets, but that same Creator shows us that He is right near.  If born again, you are His child and He is watching over us – active and one step ahead of us.  If you have not been born again, then He is convicting you – giving you opportunities to choose Jesus!


God is one prayer away – ready to be intimately involved with us.  Why live as if we’re all alone?

  • He loves us intimately – enough to come to earth as a man – to die for our eternity!
    • John 3:16…  “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.“
  • He wants the best for us!  He wants us to be totally jazzed about life!  He gives us “a future and a hope.”
    • Jeremiah 29:11
      (NASB) “For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.”
      (MSG)  “I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for.”

  • He is not aloof.  He knows our innermost thoughts!
    You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
    You understand my thought from afar.
    3 You scrutinize my path and my lying down,
    And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.
    4 Even before there is a word on my tongue,
    Behold, O Lord, You know it all.
    –
    Psalm 139: verses 2-4

    See also: 1 Chronicles 28:9

  • God watches over us.  He protects us.
    • Ps 121:3  “He will not z let your foot be moved; he who a keeps you will not slumber.”
    • Ps 121:7   “The Lord will a keep you from all evil; he will a keep your life.”

  • God responds to our prayers.  Pray-your-heart-out to Him.  Don’t keep it all in.  Share all your concerns with Him.  Why not!  We are not alone.  God is with us.
    • 1 Peter 5:7 (NLT)  “Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.”

Jesus left the world saying,

27 “I am leaving you with a gift
—peace of mind and heart.
And the peace I give
is a gift
the world cannot give.
So
don’t be troubled or afraid. 
– John 14: verse 27

Whenever I am…

concerned/made worried/heavy burdened/loaded down/
fearful/uncertain/feeling oppressed/
anxious/thinking about problems/
disturbed by something/feel attacked/feel alone/
conflicted/mentally and emotionally worn out/
uneasy in my soul/troubled/
not at peace in my inner soul

…I speak-it-out with God and ask Him to take the load and give me peace.  I count on Him.  I practice 1 Peter 5:7.  I need not carry life alone.  See also: 1 Chronicles 28:20

I am not just “me”.  When I was born again – the Spirit of God took up residence in me, and ever since then… I am not just me, alone.  I am never alone; never am, never will be.  At all times I am indwelt by and accompanied by God Himself in the form of His Spirit in my soul.  Boy am I confident – in Him! I have opened my eyes, as Jesus sent Paul to do…

18 to open their eyes,
so that they may turn
from darkness to light
and from
the power of Satan
to God,
that they may receive
forgiveness of sins
and
a place among those
who are sanctified
by faith in me.’ 
– Acts 26:18

13 In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth,
the gospel of your salvation
—having also believed,
you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise 
–
Ephesians 1:13

Wow!  Mysterious, but real.  Jesus Himself said it, “And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate,[a] who will never leave you.”  – John 14:16 (NLT)  I believe Jesus! 

Or do you not know
that your body is a temple
of the Holy Spirit
who is in you,
whom you have from God,
and that you are not your own? 
– 1 Corinthians 6:19

See :  Deuteronomy 31:6   Deuteronomy 31:8     John 14:17   Acts 9:17   Acts 13:52     John 20:21-22 

Ever since I was born again, it’s now “me, myself, and I — and God”!

…He Himself has said,
“I will never desert you,
nor will I ever forsake you
,”
 
– Hebrews 13:5


FOR MORE:

Prayer of Repentance

Who You Are In Christ

A New Creation

Simple View of Life

 

Post Views: 397

Filed Under: God, Holy Spirit Tagged With: active, Holy Spirit, hope, intimate, involved, loves, prayer, protects

About Keith Swift

Created by God, born to die, born again, now living forever with Creator God - soon to be in His Home. Forgiven forever, still learning to live in Christ.

Comments

  1. Denise says

    January 28, 2018 at 8:55 am

    Encouraging article. Like the picture too!

    Reply
    • Keith Swift says

      January 31, 2018 at 6:48 am

      Just saw you commented on the site. Thanks.

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

About OMG    Facebook OMGjesus
IN FOCUS:  Lost I Came To Him - This is salvation in Christ - Titus on: What the Word of God Teaches - Making God - I Look Oh My God - One Human Race - Puny Humans - Following - What Jesus stands for - Which Jesus do you serve? - Is Jesus’ worldview your worldview? - Getting Born Again - Saving Knowledge - Losing My Soul - My best day here


About the End Times - About False Teachings of today - First Apostasy, then Antichrist, then the Rapture 

“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” - Luke 10:27

Most Recent Posts

  • About Time January 27, 2021
  • Time as it really is January 27, 2021
  • Living between two opinions January 23, 2021
  • About Death and Dying January 20, 2021
  • Things of God January 20, 2021
  • What is proper among saints January 15, 2021
  • Are you ready to meet your Maker? January 13, 2021
  • We must seek after God January 11, 2021
  • The Triumph of Evil January 10, 2021
  • Tolerating evil January 10, 2021
  • Psalm 51 type repentance and salvation January 6, 2021
  • At death – we put on immortality January 1, 2021
  • We overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us December 29, 2020
  • Jesus watches over you very carefully December 28, 2020
  • How to Live On Christ – by Harriet Beecher Stowe December 28, 2020
  • I will protect you from the time of testing December 23, 2020
  • Deluding activity of error December 22, 2020
  • Liking Jesus December 22, 2020
  • Key Verses in the Bible December 12, 2020
  • Being 100% given-over to Jesus December 11, 2020
  • Jesus warned us not to be dishonest with Him December 10, 2020
  • Run with endurance and active persistence the race that is set before us November 23, 2020
  • Hebrews 12:1 November 23, 2020
  • Philippians 1:6 November 23, 2020
  • The Great Reset for the Beast is just around the corner November 17, 2020

Categories

  • Angels
  • Bible Studies
  • Bible-lite
  • Bible: New Testament
  • Bible: The Bible Says
  • Biblical Inerrancy
  • Christian Life
  • Christianity
  • Counseling and Exhorting
  • Creation
  • Cults
  • Damnation
  • Death
  • Devotionals
  • Divorce
  • DVD-movies
  • Early Church
  • Education
  • Evidence
  • Faith
  • False Teachings
  • Forgiveness
  • God
  • Heaven
  • Hell
  • Hermeneutics
  • Holy Spirit
  • Interpreting
  • Investigate
  • Islam
  • Jesus the Christ
  • Key Truths …in the Bible
  • Key Verses …in the Bible
  • Leadership
  • Marriage
  • Muslim
  • Parenting
  • Poetry, Sayings, and Words
  • Popular Culture
  • Prayer
  • Prophets and Prophecy
  • Repentance
  • Research
  • Salvation
  • Science
  • Series
  • Sin
  • Spiritual Warfare

Random Post:

Search This Site

Utilize the Search capability of this website (upper right corner of this site) to find specific topics…

Bentley – News on Todd Bentley

NOTE: This article shows how unbiblical much of the charismatic movement is today.  We are to discern and examine…. Read what Andrew Strom and others say, and see more at http://www.revivalschool.com.  Church leaders participating in these unbiblical experiences are: Bill Johnson, pastor of Bethel Church in Redding; Rick Joyner, founder of MorningStar Ministries in Charlotte, […]

False Prophets

False Prophets: A Study in the Scriptures “You may be asking yourselves, “How can we tell if a prophet’s message really comes from the Lord?” ” –Deuteronomy 18:21 CEV Contemporary English Version From the book: The Holy Spirit: Gifts & Ministries by Diane S. Dew, © copyright 1976, 1998. For more by Dew, see: http://dianedew.com/index.shtml […]

No Faith In Heaven

I think faith will not be necessary in heaven. ¨…Now we see in a glass darkly…¨ (1 Corinthians 13:12)  but not later, when we will then be able to see ¨face to face¨.    Scripture says that ¨now¨these three abide (faith, hope, love…1 Corinthians 13:13), but it implies in the context that later (being in […]

Christian Answers Regarding Islam

Christian Answers Regarding Islam 1. The Koran purports it does not contradict the Bible but supports it. The Koran declares that it was written to confirm the previous revelations and not to replace the Bible according to Sura 5:48 which says, “And We have sent down to you the Scripture with truth, authenticating what is […]

Biblical Homosexuality

…a Christian´s Perspective on Homosexuality Quoted from: http://www.indegayforum.org/news/show/31489.html   Donny | April 18, 2008, 11:33am | # I’m up to the challenge of gay theology questions: In-hospitality towards others and “haughtiness” were the sins of Sodom. But Ezekiel is quite explicit about sexual sins being front and center as well. “Haughtiness” and the word “Gay” […]

Inexplicable Joy

One of the main things that describes being in heaven is JOY. The word “joy” has a much deeper meaning than just happiness. To be happy can change so quickly. It can come and go in a moment. But joy is different. It is a deep seated contentment. Everything is right! No sorrow or grief. […]

Letter to Danny

January 22, 2008 A Letter to Danny: The mortgage guys sure messed-up our economy through their greed and dishonesty by arranging inappropriate loans for under-financed home-wanters.  Now many are hurting with this economic downturn. Being unemployed, or under-employed, or loosing your house or an investment – is VERY tough to deal with.  Been there, done […]

Children’s Bible in a Nutshell

A quick overview of the Bible (tongue-in-cheek) -Author Unknown Too good to miss! Subject: Judas Asparagus (also read story here: https://darrellcreswell.wordpress.com)    A child was told to write a book report on the entire Bible.  The Children’s Bible in a Nutshell:  In the beginning, which occurred near the start, there was nothing but God, darkness, […]

About Biblical Inerrancy

…would God give us erroneous documents and call them “His”? Get real! Is God really going to give us the ‘truth’ …that isn’t!? The fact that Jesus “the Christ” fulfilled over 360 Scriptural prophecies – convinces me of the veracity of Scripture. Look at the evidences. Forget the critics! What about you?   Are you […]

More Random Posts

  • Psalm 51 type repentance and salvation
  • At death – we put on immortality
  • We overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us
  • Jesus watches over you very carefully

Tags

antichrist believe bible born again choice choose Christ creation death end times Ephesians evidence evidences examine FAITH false teachers follow following forgiven forgiveness God good grace heaven hell Holy Spirit hope Jesus justice love peace practice pray prayer Rapture repent repentance Salvation Satan sin sincerity truth voting WORKS worldview

Featured Post

Lost I Came To Him Oh the wonder of that love of our fathomless Creator, to save me in spite of my self-centered soul. Lost and rebellious, He chose me. Pursued and wooed, what mystery – grace. I said yes to Creator God. To know… 10.21.2015
No Tolerance for Error
God is not sloppy nor wishy-washy.... There is no room at all – for error – when it comes to being right with God. You are either all in, or you are all out. Are you sure you’re in? 8.4.2017

Simple View of Life  a simple view of everything. God of Everything that is – created everything. We are very fortunate that He is loving and kind, and really, really wants us  12.9.2016
Ashamed of Yourself?
ever done something you are ashamed of?  Come on now, you’re sitting there by yourself – ‘fess-up.  Nobody listenin’ to your brain confess.  So... Yes?  Scenario: “You have? What!? 12.31.2017  
Being Christian What’s it like to be Christian? Really...Christian.3.18.2011
Tomorrow
Tomorrow is the fool’s day. Tomorrow may never come. I may not get older. This may be it. 3.18.2017
Vortex of Good & Evil As mere humans, we are engulfed in the vortex of battle between good and evil. We must remember – it is God who created us, not we ourselves.  1.25.2017

What God has going on with us here on this planet. God downloaded to earth ...inserted Himself into our history.  Jesus came to earth in order to satisfy the Courts of Heaven for our freedom. 3.23.2016

Cognitive Dissonance
...that extreme feeling of discomfort some folks get when their core belief is challenged or contradicted. What they think (“cognitive”) is rattled (dissonance) by what other evidences purport to be true – in direct conflict with what they hold to be “true”.  8.14.2018

Actually Try To Do The Deed Actually Try To Do The Deed  “It’s not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done better." 3.23.2016

  What God Did for Man
…The Simple Gospel of Jesus Christ. God walked the earth as a man. Have you ever wondered how it all got started – the universe, the earth, nature, animals, you and your “like”, mankind? 2.19.2018  
The Bible is “able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation”   Do you honestly want to know how to get right with God?  Jesus promised He would save us for an eternity of only good, nothing bad. 9.31.2020

Most Viewed Posts

  • Vile To Jesus (7,973)
  • Ashamed of Yourself? (2,836)
  • Befuddled and Besmirched (1,022)
  • That Day of Judgement (916)
  • That Moment In Time (827)
  • Getting Born Again (814)
  • Following (731)
  • My Heinous Heinous Ways (728)
  • Me, When I Die, still in sin (622)
  • Me, When I Die, forgiven (609)
  • Brand New Creature (585)
  • Jesus Knows Your Thoughts (573)
  • The confuscating John Pavlovitz (556)
  • Why Believe Such Stupididiotic Things?! (554)
  • Practicing Sin, Not Following Christ (548)
  • Context, Context, Context! (540)
  • God Damned “Believers” (538)
  • Windows Into Heaven (534)
  • God’s System of Justice (533)
  • Oh My God – Jesus (522)
  • The Christ, Jesus (518)
  • Being Who We Are (517)
  • How to Study the Bible: Study Guide (504)
  • Salvation Is A God Thing (503)
  • What The Devil Does (500)

Most Recent Posts

  • About Time
  • Time as it really is
  • Living between two opinions
  • About Death and Dying
  • Things of God
  • What is proper among saints
  • Are you ready to meet your Maker?
  • We must seek after God
  • The Triumph of Evil
  • Tolerating evil

Categories

Archives

About Time

Photo: Not even Albert Einstein understood “time”. This article is a series, a guide to “time” in the Bible.  In God’s Home Heaven — “time” will be no more.  We all know too well that – here and now… time marches on.  I continually must just “rest” in Him, not rely on my limited thinking, […]

Time as it really is

Excerpt from: Timeless Infinite Continuum “Time” – as it really is.  A concept of time…. *not explained in the Bible, but the clues are there The time it takes to go from earth to God’s presence – is instant.  There is  no waiting around in the next dimension for earth time to finish, no midway […]

Living between two opinions

1 Kings 18:21  “Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you hesitate between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal [is God], follow him.” Now is the time to speak up, answer, share your faith, tell the truth.  With evil right in front of our eyes, around […]

About Death and Dying

…a series about death and dying Just beyond the veil December 10, 2018 Just beyond this dimension where we live – there is a whole different existence prepared for us by God. And it’s eternal. Got your mind around that? “beyond the veil“. thefreedictionary.com: …in a mysterious or hidden place or state, especially… Filed Under: […]

Copyright © 2021 · News Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in