He/She doesn't need to. If god were present we would be unable to look away. God gets out of the way so that we can discover life and experience on our own, to ultimately reach a state of godhood, which is to reach enlightenment in the state of now. That is the whole point. You don't need god at all. All great spiritual teachers said the kingdom of god is within you. We don't have to look anywhere except within. *You* are the path to god.