How Big Is God?

As curious beings, we spend much time investigating the
world around us and asking a multitude of questions.  What role does man play on this incredible
planet Earth?  How are we to relate to
our fellow man?  Where can we explore
that is deeper or higher?  These questions
and many others lead our thoughts to consider mankind’s place in the Universe.  Humanity now numbers over seven billion living
souls, and we exist together on a vast and diverse planet.  The overwhelming vastness of the Universe
leads to the question, “How big is God?”

The truth of the matter is we cannot comprehend in any
measurable degree the bigness of God. Astronomers
estimate that there are as many galaxies outside the Milky Way as there are
stars in it. The Hubble Ultra Deep Field (an
image of a small region of space in the constellation Fornax) taken in
2004, imaged 10,000 galaxies in a cone of space so slim you could cover it with
a grain of sand held at arm’s length. Integrated over the entire sky, that
would mean there are more than 100 billion galaxies in the visible universe,
many with more than 100 billion stars each. According to Psalm 147:4, “He
determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.”    

In dealing with the issue of how big God is, we should
first state that God is not made of stuff.  He has no dimensions, and spatial descriptions
do not apply to Him.  God is not made at
all but is preexistent, eternal, with no beginning and no end. (See Revelation
22:13)  He is existence, and
without Him nothing else can exist.  God
exists outside of and independent of His creation.

The Bible declares in Isaiah 40:12-13, “Who has
measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or with the breadth of his hand
marked off the heavens? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or
weighed the mountains on the scales and the hills in a balance? Who has
understood the mind of the LORD, or instructed him as his counselor?”

How big is God?  Very
big.  More than that, God is transcendent.
 There is no one His equal.  He is so superior that we can never fully
understand Him.  At the same time, we are
made in His image, and He loves us. (See Genesis 1:27; John 3:16)  He has communicated to us through His Word and
His Son, Jesus.

I think you and I can agree that our view of God must
increase.  This is one of the most important
reasons to read the Bible consistently so we can grow in our knowledge of God.  The more we know Him the greater our
understanding, faith, and love grows.  Take
time this winter to look up into the heavens.  What you will see is a very, very small
segment of the universe.  What you will
be re-minded of is that our Great God measures this universe with the length of
His Hand.  Imagine, one day we are going
to see this Great God face-to-face.  Even
though God is ever-present (See Psalm 139:7-10), filling the Universe and
overseeing such an enormous Creation, He still inhabits the smallest and
quietest of places.  

God is always present in our lives and will live in our
hearts every day if only we would acknowledge Him and obey His will.

“Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the
everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired
or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the
weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall but those who hope in the LORD will renew their
strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow
weary, they will walk and not be faint.” (Isaiah 40:28-31)