God’s immanence means this: the God who is above creation is also present within creation and near to His people.
He is not distant.
He is not detached.
He is not watching from far away as though creation runs on its own.
The transcendent God is also intimately involved with what He has made.
And that is important because God’s immanence must be held together with His transcendence. God is not part of creation, but He is present with creation. He is not contained by the universe, but He is active within it. He is above all things, and yet near to His people.
God’s immanence connects to His other attributes.
Because God is omnipresent, He is never absent.
Because God is omniscient, He knows us completely.
Because God is good, His nearness is kind.
Because God is love, His presence is personal.
Because God is merciful and gracious, He draws near to sinners through
Christ.
Because God is sovereign, His involvement is purposeful.
And because God is holy, His nearness transforms us rather than leaving
us unchanged.
God is near in creation, near in providence, near in prayer, near in suffering, and near through His Spirit. But we see His immanence most clearly in Jesus Christ, where the eternal Son entered creation to dwell among us.
So God’s immanence means the God who is high and lifted up is also close, caring, present, and involved.
That is the comfort and glory of God’s immanence.
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