How can the Almighty God describe Himself in ways that mortals could ever begin to comprehend Him? The vastness of our universe revealed to us by those telescopes created in recent years have just begun to magnify His power. How many galaxies are there which have been discovered? How many stars are there in each of those galaxies? Think about this, and then image the greatness of God who created each of them and all there is in them in just six days. How many times does Genesis say that He spoke and it was done?
When Solomon described God’s presence in the temple he was dedicating, he magnified God by saying, “Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You. How much less this temple which I have built” (1 Kgs. 8:27)? God is great. God is good. He is infinite in all of His ways, but we are finite in all of ours!
God is a spirit (John 4:24). After His resurrection Jesus said, “Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself. Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have” (Luke 24:39). How do you describe a spirit? How do you describe your soul, your spirit? How do you describe God?
God gives us words connected with our mortal bodies to help us understand Him. We can grasp these words, but they do not even begin to touch the hem of the garments to reveal Jehovah. God uses language we can grasp to try to give us insight into what He is like by using words we know. Think about this as you read the rest of this article.
The Bible speaks of God’s eyes. Does God see? He sees that which we could never see. He saw the thoughts and the intents of the heart of every man on this earth before the flood (Gen. 6:5). “All things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account” (Heb. 4:13). He has eyes but not like ours.
The Bible speaks of God’s ears. Does God hear? He hears every word every man speaks (Matt. 12:36). Peter speaks of God and righteous men and says, “His ears are open to their prayers (1 Pet. 3:12). He has ears but not like ours.
The Bible speaks of God’s face. Peter also says, “The face of the Lord is against those that do evil” (1 Pet. 3:12). He has a face but not like ours.
The Bible speaks of God having many other parts of a body. Space does not permit us to discuss His hands, His arms, His feet, His mouth and much more. God uses the finite things we know to help us begin to understand the infinite. No man has seen Him in all His immeasurable majesty at any time (John 1:18). Aren’t you glad that God has revealed unknowable things in knowable ways that even a child can understand?