I wholeheartedly believe that God has already begun a conversation with someone long before I arrive. If it is true, as Paul declares in Acts 17:28, that in God “we live and move and have our being,” every person on the face of this planet is already, on some level, being encountered by God. The individual might not be able to cognitively perceive it or receive it, but Christian theology assumes God’s active presence all over the world. What’s needed is for Christ followers to discern God’s presence rather than assuming his absence.
