God Is Too Big

What do you think of when you think of God?

Some people think that God is too big; that he’s impersonal, detached, removed. They say he spun the world into existence and left us on our own to figure it all out.

Some people think that God is too small. If he does exist, they argue, then why is there evil in the world? What’s with all the disease, abuse, corruption, anger and hate? To them, if God is real, then he’s too small to handle what we deal with every day.

Some people think it doesn’t matter. They don’t really care either way. This existence, this reality is all there is. We live. We die. That’s it. No more.

Some people think he is the Savior of the world; that even in our depravity he provided a way back to him. They say that way is Jesus Christ. And what we do with him is up to us.

What do I think of when I think of God?

I do believe he’s the Savior. I owe him everything for the saving grace he has given to me through Jesus. I was lost; now I’m found. In other words…I was headed to hell; now I’m headed to heaven. I was wandering through life alone; now I have a relationship with him. I was lacking purpose; now my life has true meaning!

I do think he’s too small. Too many times in my life, I don’t make a relationship with him a big enough deal. I need to place more urgency in pursuing him.

And ultimately, I do think God is too big. He's too big to fit in any box I try to put him in. Simply put: He is God. I am not.

C.S. Lewis once said (in my paraphrased words) that if the Christian faith is all for nothing, then nothing has been lost. But if our faith is for everything, then everything matters.

Is God too big? Big doesn’t even begin to cover it!