Series: When God Isn't There

Someday, alongside all the heirs of Abraham, from every tribe, tongue, & nation, we will experience the fulfillment of God’s promise. The presence that has been elusive will show itself as both infinite and definite.

God’s jealousy is about what God most wants: to give us Himself. God is jealous for our joy & His glory. When God is not the center of our lives, we rob ourselves of our ultimate joy.

The presence offered through a relationship with Jesus is what we most require while on this earth & what we need when we leave it.

God’s general presence provides us with a faint memory of what no longer exists. Sin has caused our worst wound in separating us from God’s actual presence.
This is the great pain that all mankind lives with: the absence of God.