{"id":72264,"date":"2025-04-28T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/?p=72264"},"modified":"2025-04-18T11:55:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T15:55:28","slug":"god-is-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/god-is-present\/","title":{"rendered":"God Is Present"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Scripture Reading: Exodus 34:1-7, Exodus 34:29-35, Deuteronomy 4:7, Isaiah 41:10, John 1:14-18, John 14:15-17<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

God, out of His benevolent love, has made His presence available to people. Although this has looked differently in various times of salvation history, God\u2019s desire to be near and for people to draw near to Him has remained consistent. His nearness is a never-fading part of the fullness of His character. He is present, personal, and relational. He is Immanuel, \u201cGod is with us\u201d (Matthew 1:23).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We see this in Exodus 34, when God the Father met with Moses on Mount Sinai. Moses came down from the mountain and found he had to conceal his face with a veil in order to speak with the Israelites. He \u201cdid not realize that the skin of his face shone\u201d after talking with God\u2014that it was reflecting the radiance of God\u2019s glory and frightening his fellow Israelites as a result of the intense presence of the Lord (Exodus 34:29). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

God the Son, Jesus, came near in His incarnation. Fully human, Jesus walked, slept, ate, and drank. He lived among the people, and He also withdrew to spend time with God the Father alone. Before His death and resurrection, Jesus promised another Counselor\u2014the Holy Spirit\u2014who would bring God\u2019s presence near to those who love Him (John 14:16). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2 Corinthians, Paul wrote that the sacrifice of Christ and the ministry of the Holy Spirit have changed the nature of our relationship with God. We can now gaze upon the glory of God with unveiled faces, just as if we were staring into a mirror (2Corinthians 3:18). While Moses was once the mediator between God and His people, we now have Christ, the \u201cradiance of God\u2019s glory and the exact expression of his nature\u201d (Hebrews 1:3) as our mediator. Because of Christ, we can enter into a relationship with God both corporately as His Church and as individuals. Even more, we have received the Holy Spirit to remain in God\u2019s presence at all times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our relationship with God is rooted in His glory and expressed in His immanence, which means God is present with us\u2014deeply invested and active in each of our lives. He is a personal God. He relates to us, loves us, and cherishes us. Rather than being distant, inaccessible, and detached, He has drawn near to us so that we might draw near to Him. By grace, He dwells among us, and by that same grace, He invites us into His presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written by The She Reads Truth Team<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scripture Reading: Exodus 34:1-7, Exodus 34:29-35, Deuteronomy 4:7, Isaiah 41:10, John 1:14-18, John 14:15-17 God, out of His benevolent love, has made His presence available to people. Although this has looked differently in various times of salvation history, God\u2019s desire to be near and for people to draw near to Him has remained consistent. His […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":72027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[297],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-attributes2025"],"acf":{"hero_background_image":false,"related_plans":[72081],"weekly_truth":false,"grace_day":false,"share_text":"#SheReadsTruth","devotional_text":"GOD IS PRESENT<\/b>

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God, out of His benevolent love, has made His presence available to people. Although this has looked differently in various times of salvation history, God\u2019s desire to be near and for people to draw near to Him has remained consistent. His nearness is a never-fading part of the fullness of His character. He is present, personal, and relational. He is Immanuel, \u201cGod is with us\u201d (Matthew 1:23).<\/p>
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We see this in Exodus 34, when God the Father met with Moses on Mount Sinai. Moses came down from the mountain and found he had to conceal his face with a veil in order to speak with the Israelites. He \u201cdid not realize that the skin of his face shone\u201d after talking with God\u2014that it was reflecting the radiance of God\u2019s glory and frightening his fellow Israelites as a result of the intense presence of the Lord (Exodus 34:29).<\/p>
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God the Son, Jesus, came near in His incarnation. Fully human, Jesus walked, slept, ate, and drank. He lived among the people, and He also withdrew to spend time with God the Father alone. Before His death and resurrection, Jesus promised another Counselor\u2014the Holy Spirit\u2014who would bring God\u2019s presence near to those who love Him (John 14:16).<\/p>
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In 2 Corinthians, Paul wrote that the sacrifice of Christ and the ministry of the Holy Spirit have changed the nature of our relationship with God. We can now gaze upon the glory of God with unveiled faces, just as if we were staring into a mirror (2Corinthians 3:18). While Moses was once the mediator between God and His people, we now have Christ, the \u201cradiance of God\u2019s glory and the exact expression of his nature\u201d (Hebrews 1:3) as our mediator. Because of Christ, we can enter into a relationship with God both corporately as His Church and as individuals. Even more, we have received the Holy Spirit to remain in God\u2019s presence at all times.<\/p>
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Our relationship with God is rooted in His glory and expressed in His immanence, which means God is present with us\u2014deeply invested and active in each of our lives. He is a personal God. He relates to us, loves us, and cherishes us. Rather than being distant, inaccessible, and detached, He has drawn near to us so that we might draw near to Him. By grace, He dwells among us, and by that same grace, He invites us into His presence.<\/p>","share_image_height":"640","day_number":"8","scripture":"Exodus 34:1-7, Exodus 34:29-35, Deuteronomy 4:7, Isaiah 41:10, John 1:14-18, John 14:15-17","available":true,"ad_banner_name":"","ad_banner_image":false,"ad_banner_url":"","songs":"","key_verse":"","key_verse_reference":"","background_image":false,"background_color":"#FBF7F3","scripture_references":false,"share_image":false,"author_name":"","author_bio":"","guest_social_media":false,"show_ad":true,"ad_override":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shereadstruth.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}