Love...the very flame of YHWH Himself

It is important once again to remember the omnipresence of God, that is, that God is not simply everywhere, but is “close to everything, next to everyone”, as A.W. Tozer writes.  

The Bible speaks constantly of God’s presence, both in the garden of Eden and then in visits to Abraham, Isaac, Hagar, Jacob and Joseph.  He was present in the burning bush when He first appeared to Moses and then in a cloud that took residence in a Tent.  He moved from a tent to a temple.  He appeared in human form through Jesus Christ and then returned to be present in the actual body of followers of Jesus through the Spirit...and that presence will culminate in His final return.  But, we also see His presence in the Song of Songs when we are told that love is a blazing fire, the very flame of YHWH Himself (8:6)!  

Sometimes we compartmentalize life and miss out on the presence of God: intimacy is one of those compartments, but not according to Scripture.  Let us be reminded of His presence in all things through these words by Hildebert of Lavardin: 

“God is over all things, under all things; outside all…wholly above, presiding; wholly beneath, sustaining; wholly within, filling.”