Article January 1, 1977 Issue

Feeling God's continual presence

"Now and here"

J. WOODRUFF SMITH

It has been said that the Hebrew tongue packs a world of meaning into a single word, and one such is "Immanuel," signifying "God with us." This holy theme roots deep in the heart of the Christian Scientist, where it pulses and sings of the all-presence of God. God is omnipresent because He is infinite Spirit. He is ever present because He is eternal Life. He is the all-loving Father-Mother of all, and as Paul writes, "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."II Cor. 3:17; But where is He not? He is here and everywhere now and forever, and how can we ever be separated from Him who fills all space? It is an act of awakened consciousness to know and feel God's continual presence.

With Paul we can declare that "now is the accepted time" and "the day of salvation." 6:2; Shouldn't we hasten to add, And here is the accepted place, here is the place of salvation? What is this "here"? Surely it's individual consciousness. Isn't this exactly where security is demonstrated?

Christ Jesus proved it so. He told his disciples: "Ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me." John 16:32; Earlier he had said: "I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me....He that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him." 8:16, 29;

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