God is not a distant, remote Deity but is intimately involved in His creation. Because He does not change (Malachi 3:6), the God who spoke with Gideon and appeared to Samson's parents also interacts with people in the New Testament era. He lived 33 years in the flesh among thousands, appeared after His resurrection to as many as five hundred at once, and spoke personally with Peter, John, and Paul. Beyond these recorded instances, Jeremiah 23:23-24 gives comfort that He is near and fills heaven and earth. Through Jesus' sinless life and sacrifice, those whom God draws repent, are baptized, and receive the Holy Spirit. This justifying work and the Spirit's gift let believers approach His very throne at any time through the covering blood of Jesus Christ, a merciful and faithful High Priest and Forerunner. Believers have His written Word, through which He speaks to them, and His Spirit dwelling in them, so that their bodies are His temple (I Corinthians 6:19-20). Jesus says that He and the Father are not merely with believers but in them (John 14:19-24); God cannot be more involved than that. He will never leave nor forsake His people (Hebrews 13:5). He is omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent, working with and in them until they reach the fullness of Christ (Ephesians 4:13), and He is ready and able to intervene. Truly, God is near at hand.

God is not a distant Creator who leaves humanity alone, as deists claim; He is intimately involved in His creation and especially with those He has called. He intervenes directly in human affairs. He told Noah of mankind's violence, had him build the ark, and brought righteous judgment by the Flood while saving the eight people He had chosen. At the Tower of Babel He watched what men were doing, judged their deeds and intentions, and stepped in decisively so that His plan would advance as designed and at the pace He wanted. He is not idly standing back in the vastness of space while time ticks on. He spoke directly to Abram, probably in a manner like His conversations with Adam and Eve in Eden, giving instructions on where to go and what to do. Their relationship was personal and intimate, and Abram was God's friend (James 2:23). The Angel of the Lord stood before Hagar and addressed her, promising a great nation from her child, and she marveled that she had seen Him who sees her. Jacob wrestled with God and spoke with Him face to face, and his life was preserved. These accounts are not to be read as flat, two-dimensional history. God is present, speaks, sees, and meets people personally.

Jesus Christ, known as the Word, has always been God and with God for eternity. Yet, questions arise about how involved God is in the lives of humanity thousands of years after creation. Is He actively engaged with Earth, interacting and continuing His creative work? At times, God delays in intervening in people's lives, leading to feelings that He might be far off or uninvolved, especially when answers to prayers are not immediate or trials persist. After all, He inhabits eternity, and His throne is in the third heaven amidst a vast universe. Doubts may surface about whether He has time to be involved with this planet or in our seemingly insignificant lives. However, Genesis 1:27-28 reveals God walking in the Garden with Adam and Eve, speaking to them, and showing significant involvement. He created and immediately began instructing them on how to live, providing initial training for a successful life and preparing them for a godly existence. This demonstrates a Deity, the awesome Creator God, who is actively involved with His creation and personally working to bring His purpose to fruition in humanity.