Thursday, December 11, 2014

The Immensity of God.

     The eternity of God is a hard concept to grasp. Likewise, the idea that God fills up space is just as difficult to fathom, never the less, it is true.
     Read what the Psalmist writes,

     Where can I go from your Spirit? Or, where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to heaven, You are there, if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the dawn, if I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, even there Your hand will lead me, and Your right hand will lay hold of me.
                                         Psalm 139:7-10 NASB

     There is no place in the universe where God is not present. God fills all things, as He testifies of Himself,

     "Am I a God who is near," declares the Lord, "And not a God far off? Can a man hide himself in hiding places so I do not see him?" declares the Lord. "Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?" Declares the Lord.
                              Jeremiah 23:23-24 NASB

     Again, in the New Testament, testimony is given concerning the immensity of God. Stephen quotes Isaiah 66:1,

     "However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophet says:
     'HEAVEN IS MY THRONE, AND THE EARTH THE FOOTSTOOL OF MY FEET; WHAT KIND OF HOUSE WILL YOU BUILD FOR ME?' says the Lord, 'OR WHAT PLACE IS THER FOR MY REPOSE?
                                           Acts 7:49 NASB

     God cannot be contained in houses or buildings that we human beings make for Him. He fills all things as the Apostle Paul states,

     The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands.
                                            Acts 17:24 NASB

     That they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said "for we are His children."
                                              Acts 17:27-28 NASB

     Which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
                                               Eph 1:23 NASB

     You see, God fills all things. He is everywhere. He cannot be contained in buildings, or confined by space. Billions of people exist on the earth today, but God cannot be squeezed out by such a large population of people. He fills the world, as Paul stated above, we live and move and exist in Him. He fills all in all, everything.
     Just as God is eternal, time cannot contain Him, so also space goes on to infinity. There is no end to space, and God infinitely fills all of space.
     Once again, we can but stand in awe of God. Our minds find it hard to comprehend the awesomeness of an eternal, and ever present God. God is indeed large, He transcends all of our limited conceptions of His true greatness. Do not limit God with your own ideas of His nature and character, but let Him reveal Himself to you through His testimony of Himself in His written word.

    

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