LONGING FOR GOD’S PRESENCE, DAY TWO

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?
Thursday, March 6th

Our longing for God’s presence opens us to be attentive to the ways God is present to us in everything, everywhere. We begin noticing more of God by first trusting in this truth, that God is here among us and within us.

Jesus assures us of this:
Once, on being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed, nor will people say, ‘Here it is,’ or ‘There it is,’ because the kingdom of God is in your midst.” ~ Luke 17:20-21

Paul expands on this:
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. ~ Romans 8:38-39

And spiritual writer and priest, Richard Rohr, notes:
We cannot attain the presence of God. We’re already totally in the presence of God. What’s missing is awareness.

What keeps us from being attentive to the presence of God? We might miss out on God’s presence because we are busy or distracted, but I also wonder how often I miss the presence of God because my expectations are too large. God is infinite, majestic, indescribable—and yet God comes to us in the smallness of the tiny baby in a humble manger, in the changing of the season, in the friendship of another, in the quiet thought, in the gathering of community.

May we walk in that awareness today. And may we mindful of opportunities to actually serve as someone else’s God-moment, as God’s loving presence made visible in this ordinary day.

(Photo by Karen)