When we let God be God, our life is better. It’s when we forget his omnipresence—and his other attributes—that we start attempting to control our own lives, and then everything goes to shambles. But here’s the remarkable thing. With Jesus being omnipresent that doesn’t mean he’s only watching you from a distance or just “keeping an eye on you.” No. He is both transcendent and personal to us. He is imminent. He is near.

“Jesus keeps me safe,” Jovi, my oldest daughter, quietly said as I tucked her in the other night.

“Yes, he will always keep you safe,” I said, while hugging her.

“He is not here,” Jovi responded.

It was in that moment I knew I could send a sense of reassurance into Jovi’s toddler-sized heart. She is only 2.5 years old, so I understand she can only process so much. But I knew she remembers things well.

“Oh, sweetie,” I said, “Jesus is here. He is with you, with me. He is everywhere.”

She replied, “Jesus is here.”

To ensure she knew my point even more, I replied, “I know you can’t see Jesus, but I promise He is here. He is always with you.”

The next day my wife told me as she was putting her down for a nap, Jovi randomly said, “Jesus is here.”

Let the heart melting begin.

I knew I didn’t need to explain the mysterious intricacies of the omnipresence of Jesus—how can he be everywhere at once? But I knew the fact that he is with her would calm her for the night and, better yet, she’d remember it. And she did.

Christian, I tell this story to give you—to give me, to give all of us—a reminder. Jesus is here with us. He is not distant, far off, or lost. He is here and cares for us.

Jesus, as the second Person of the Trinity, is not confined to time and space. He is transcendent. He is truly everywhere at once. He is just as much in the future as he is in the present.

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