Experiencing the Presence of God

EXPERIENCING THE PRESENCE OF GOD be. The face of God appears every moment in the perfection of His creation. But we have become so used to seeing the world around us, from our infancy onwards, that we do not feel its uniqueness. The air, the water, the trees and the birds, everything that exists in the world—all of these are incredibly astounding. Every one of these creations is a mirror of the Creator. Because we have become so used to them that we do not realise how amazing they are. But when someone suddenly steps on the moon and beholds this creation of God for the first time, he cannot remain without feeling the ‘presence of God’. He sees the Creator reflected in the workings of His creation. We can experience God’s presence in the world where we live in the same way as Col. Irwin did when he landed on the moon. But people do not see this world in the same awe-struck way as someone who steps on the moon for the first time sees it. If we begin to see our world in this way, we will experience the ‘presence of God’ at every moment. We will begin to live as if we