God is near

“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” Psalm 46:1
Isn’t it comforting to know that wherever we go, and whatever situation we find ourselves in, God is right there? And not only is He there, but He knows exactly what is going on – both to us, and inside us. God isn’t only close to us when we are thinking about Him, or when we are in trouble, but He is ‘ever-present’.
This is reminiscent of the message that both John the Baptist and Jesus preached in the first few years of their ministries: “The kingdom of God is near.” While many assume that they were speaking of how the time was at hand when Messiah would bring salvation to the world through his substitutionary death, the word ‘near’ can mean close by in space, not only in time.
“...the righteousness that is by faith says: ‘Do not say in your heart, Who will ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down) or, Who will descend into the deep?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). But what does it say? ‘The Word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,’ that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming” (Rom. 10:6-8).
God hasn’t made things difficult for man to find Him. Remember, He came to us, to our world, to live among us and show us the way. “God did this so that men would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us” (Acts 17:27).