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Who is God?
Last year my wife and I went to an exhibition in London called ‘Frameless’. This was an immersive art experience unlike any art gallery we had ever visited. This installation projected well-known artist’s works in using the walls of large rooms as the canvas. Each masterpiece had movement added as though each canvas had come alive. We were able to sit / stand enabling us to get closer to the masterpieces than ever before; we were stepping beyond the ‘frame’.
Since the beginning of human existence artists have attempted to capture the complexity of the world through various media. Canvases have been covered with landscapes, people and interesting, if sometimes challenging, concepts of our world.
This made me think that when asked to describe God, we, attempting to describe the indefinable, put Him in some sort of ‘box’ or ‘frame’ to help the listener reach some understanding. So how do we describe or define God?
He has been defined elsewhere as the ‘God of Gods’ or ‘God beyond God’.
The Bible describes God as eternal, all-powerful, all-knowing, ever-present, unchanging, loving, just, merciful, gracious, and sovereign over all creation. The Eternal, Self-Existing God who has no beginning and no end.
God was there when the foundations of the Earth were laid (Job 38 v 4) and God describes himself as ‘I am who I am’ (Exodus 3 v 14).
In seeking to gain a some understanding of who God is (beyond the frame of our descriptive language) we can turn to Psalm 23 where God is presented as the Good Shepherd. A God who provides great comfort both in times of joy (green pastures) and grief (valleys). Maybe in our troubled times this is all we need to know about God and His relationship with us..
Steve Beynon
