Thoughts about God — Pt 2 — Where’s God?
June 13th, 2008 Posted in Theology
I have a microscope, an old brass model I purchased on a garage sale. With it I look at some of the scum from my decorative pond. I’m transfixed by the tiny one-celled creatures that I see zoom about. What a miracle of life in miniature! God’s into the details of existence I find near at hand.
I have a telescope, a gift from one of the men in my church. With it I can gaze at some distant galaxy, the light of which has taken billions of years to get to earth, it’s so far away. Amazing! God’s into the grand objects of distant space.
God’s present in the microcosm I see through my microscope and He’s also present in the macrocosm I see through my telescope. He is present in the paramecium, a one-celled creature in my pond, and He is present in Perseus, a constellation in the night sky. God’s here, there and everywhere. There is no place where He is not. He is present everywhere at the same time. Space and place don’t limit Him.
What great comfort this is, to know that God is with me wherever I am. What great comfort to know that God is not only present with me but with my son and his family, who live in another state, and with my daughter and her family, who live in another country.
In the 1987 movie American Tale there’s a song with the lyrics, “Somewhere out there, beneath the pale moonlight, someone’s thinking of me and loving me tonight.” People thousands of miles apart can be looking at the moon at the same time, and feel a closeness.
We may be far away from those we love but God is not! Through prayer we can have a personal connection to those from whom we are separated by miles. God is our common link!
Omnipresence, that’s the technical name for the attribute of God that describes Him as being all places at the same time. He is with me as I write this. He is with you as you read this. How amazing He is!
Dave
