The Old Testament God is transcendent of His creation, directing and organizing the activities of His universe from somewhere outside of it. Some other religious traditions describe an immanent God, suffusing and inhabiting every atom of the universe. It may seem that we must choose between these ideas.
In Truth, God is both immanent and transcendent. A fuller understanding would be that there is an organizing, creative force as well as a spiritual unity of all that is created. This Power is both eternal and immediate.
Our everyday spiritual work is to realize God as both the formative source of everything and the life-energy within it; both the Creator and the heartbeat.
Nick Hilton - Reflections 