In Jeremiah 23:24 God declares, "Do I not fill heaven and earth?"
The Lord is omnipresent. His is a spiritual essence which exists at all places at all times. As this piece of scripture tells us, there is no place in heaven or earth in which he is not. But our understanding of this reality is not comprehensive. We may understand that God can see all, which includes our lives, at all times. But we do not comprehend the extensiveness or full implications of this.
In my image of God, God is depicted concretely in a moment of time. In this one moment of everyday life, what is the relationship between God and people? About half are looking at (or at least noticing) God and the other half are going about their business. As in the Hagia Sophia image, God's gaze is piercing (in this case through the picture, instead of across). Whether people notice or not depends on their mindset. Here God is not hiding. He has made himself visibly present, as in the Picnic image by Sally Mann. The eyes is just one manifestation, but he takes on many others.
Life is happening and the Lord is upon us. God has proven his faithfulness and continues to do so, but our track records is blemished. We must work to prove our end, everyday.
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