Practicing Presence: The Presence of God

The presence of God or the nearness of God is a metaphor from two sides. One, our experience of it and the other, God’s expression of it. The presence of God is not something we achieve or obtain, but rather it is freely given to us that we steward and practice. Paul exhorts us that in light of the precious gift that God has given us in salvation, let us work it out, because it is God who is working in us.