It's true God is everywhere, but He is not everywhere for you. So He is in the fire, but you don't jump in the fire to get close to God. He is in the ocean, but you don't jump in the ocean to get close to God. As Dr. Normon Nagel once said, "We do not need a God who is everywhere is as useless as a God that is nowhere. What we need is a God who is somewhere."
You have to find where He has placed Himself to be a benefit for you. So we are always looking for those words "for you," and that is what we find in the Supper. This is my body given "for you." The blood of the New Testament poured out "for you." So we see the Lord Jesus has put His body and blood specifically in the bread and wine for Christians to eat and drink with the promise of the forgiveness of sins.
- Pr. Bryan Wolfmueller
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