God is Always with Us

John 4: 24"God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."

I think we as humans try to understand, define, and relate to God from our own experiences.  Yet we are spiritual beings having a physical experience, so our understanding, definitions, and experiences are out of context of our God who is and exists in the spirit realm.  For example, a simple table prayer that dates back to early Methodism (incorrectly credited to John Wesley) begins "Be present at our table, Lord" which is an invitation for a God who is out there somewhere to come in and dine with us.  This is a fine prayer for a non-Christian, but for a Christian it is essential that we recognize and live the truth that God literally lives within us. 
God who became flesh and dwelt among us, sacrificed himself for us, resurrected himself after three days and then ascended into Heaven, has returned to us in the form of His Holy Spirit.  All of the power, knowledge, grace, and love that is God is literally within us.  Let's be clear, this isn't some mystical power we can wield as we see fit, it is God who lives in us to inspire us to be more like Him and therefore serve Him effectively.  God has experienced our physical aches and pains, suffered emotional anguish of loss and separation, and the joy of seeing people develop in their understanding and spiritual maturity.  He can truly empathize with whatever we experience.  In addition, he not only knows us perfectly and understands our circumstances, he knows the future and is therefore positioned to provide us perfect answers to what lies before us. 
We would do well to think differently about God.  He is not some mystical being that must be invited into a place for a brief time of euphoric entertainment or must arrive like an ambulance in our time of need.  He is a spirit that created the world and each of us for a very specific reason and has now placed himself within us in order to have an intimate minute-by-minute relationship that cannot be broken or interrupted.  He lives within those of us who have called out to Him to save us from our sins.  We need to tune into the one true God who has placed himself within us and stop looking for Him where He is not.  Thinking differently about who God is and where He establishes Himself gives us new insight into exactly how He is rebuilding His temple and where He is establishing His kingdom.  We don't go to God or invite him into a place, we turn our attention to the God who has been with us since we invited Him in.  By recognizing this one simple fact, we can live differently knowing that God hasn't been kicked out of schools or a country, he simply isn't being invited into sinners nor are Christians paying attention to the God within them. 
Focus today on the God who loves you enough to dwell with you constantly.  He isn't out there somewhere to be summoned like a ghost.  He goes with us, sees all, hears all, and feels all.  Think differently about God and I believe you will relate differently to a much more real and personal God.